Palace Hotel, San Francisco
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The Palace Hotel is a landmark historic hotel in San Francisco, California, located at the southwest corner of Market and New Montgomery streets. The hotel is also referred to as the New Palace Hotel
The Palace Hotel on Market Street in San Francisco, 2008
The 1875 Palace Hotel
Mōʻī, David Kalakaua (in white slacks), aboard the USS Charleston en route to San Francisco, died at the Palace Hotel after suffering a stroke in Santa Barbara.
1906 fire
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 05:12 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906. With a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI, it created high-intensity sh
Palace Hotel, San Francisco
…as the New Palace Hotel to distinguish it from the original 1875 Palace Hotel, which had been demolished after being gutted by the fire caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. A temporary hotel, called the "Baby" Palace Hotel, was erected at a nearby site as accommodations until an adequate replacement could be built. The…
Ruins in the vicinity of Post and Grant Avenue
Damaged houses on Howard Street
Seismographs on the U.S. east coast recorded the earthquake some 19 minutes later. Some early death estimates exceeded 500.
Arnold Genthe's photograph, looking toward the fire on Sacramento Street