Fire

Cliff House Project
A Program of Western Neighborhoods Project

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Fire!

On September 7th, 1907 the Cliff House caught fire while being remodeled and burned completely to the foundation...

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Reverse: "The powers that be seem determined to clean out the old town and give us a greater and better one."

W.E. Worden

San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 8 1907 (pdf)
(full page below on page)

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An alternate crop from the same negative, courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke (reverse)

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An alternate crop from the same negative, courtesy of Dennis O'Rorke

San Francisco Public Library Collection

Aftermath...

(The below is a close-up of the above image - hover mouse to see dimensions of building)

San Francisco Public Library Collection

Scanned from 4.5" x 6" copy film negative, purchased from Marilyn Blaisdell collection
"Photographer: T.E. Hecht (1875-1937)
Provenance: Image derives from the Wyland Stanley Collection of historical memorabilia which included thousands of photographs and antique negatives.
The entire collection was purchased by Marilyn Blaisdell in the late 1970s."