Lotta's Fountain
This drinking fountain (currently dry), a gift to the Citzens of San Francisco by Lotta Crabtree stands at the intersection of Geary and Kearny with Market. It is the oldest public monument in the city and has a rich and continuing history.
1906 earthquake commemoration ceremony at Lotta's fountain
A couple of hundred people came together to honor the victims and survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
San Francisco Under Your Nose: Ep. 1 Lotta's Fountain
San Francisco Under Your Nose is a periodic webcast that takes a closer look at overlooked San Francisco Landmarks and History.
The webcast is entirely unscripted and shot and edited 100% on the iPhone 3GS. Editing is done using the Splice application.
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Episode 1 covers stories of Lotta's Fountain at the tripple corner of Market Street, Geary Street, and Kearny Street. Discussed are Lotta Crabtree, Luisa Tetrazzini and the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906.
Lotta Crabtree's Fountain in San Francisco
In 1875, Lotta gave Lotta's Fountain, at Market and Kearny streets, to the people of San Francisco.
101 California Street Fountain San Francisco California
Water fountain outside the 101 California Street building on a rainy day in San Francisco.
Vaillancourt Fountain San Francisco
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Armand Vaillancourt declared This fountain is dedicated to freedom. This sometimes over powering fountain has been controversial from its dedication April 22 1971 with most San Franciscans either loving it or hating it. It is my favorite fountain. This video is my second use of the Modosteady cam stabilizer. Here I have added the DM100 microphone and WD-H37II wide converter to my Canon HF11 camcorder.
Watch the man in the video. Where did he come from? What is he looking at? Where is he going?
San Francisco General Hospital Fountain.
The Light Fountain at UCSF SF General..
Remembering 1906
On the 102nd anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Mayor Gavin Newsom places a wreath on Lotta's Fountain in memory of those lost in the disaster. April 18, 2008. mistersf.com
San Francisco History Association's 1906 Earthquake and Fire Memorial Plaque
As incredible as it may sound, San Francisco has no designated memorial for the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906. While many consider Market Street’s Lotta’s Fountain, Golden Gate Park’s Portals of the Past, and the golden fire hydrant at the corner of 20th and Church Streets to be memorials, none of them have ever been designated as such, and none tell the story of the defining event in San Francisco’s history.
Seeking to rectify this oversight, the San Francisco History Association today announced the launch of a fundraising campaign to place a plaque on the de Young Building at the corner of Market and Geary Streets to serve as the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 Memorial. The owners of the de Young Building have granted permission for the placement of the plaque.
The History Association has chosen this location because of its proximity to Lotta’s Fountain, the site of the annual commemoration of the earthquake and fire, as well as the building’s distinction of having survived the conflagration.
The bronze plaque, which will measure 74” wide and 48” tall, will be placed on the Geary Street side of the building, and will be clearly visible from Lotta’s Fountain. To explain the history of the disaster to residents and visitors, it will feature a map of the burn area, the story of the disaster, and some history of the de Young Building.
The San Francisco History Association aims to unveil the plaque on April 18, 2017, the 111th anniversary of the disaster. In order to accomplish this goal, the Association is launching a fundraising campaign via generosity.com to raise the $20,000 necessary for the plaque’s fabrication and installation. All donations are tax-deductible and will include a special thanks on the History Association’s website. Other perks will also be offered to donors, depending on the level of their donation. SFHA will also solicit grants from local businesses and organizations.
The San Francisco History Association is dedicated to remembering our City's colorful past and to celebrating its rich culture today. Founded in July 1982, the Association is now celebrating its 35th year, with a dedicated membership passionately involved in preserving, restoring, and remembering San Francisco's history.
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). Severe shaking was felt from Eureka on the North Coast to the Salinas Valley, an agricultural region to the south of the San Francisco Bay Area. Devastating fires soon broke out in the city and lasted for several days. As a result, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of the city of San Francisco was destroyed. The events are remembered as one of the worst and deadliest natural disasters in the history of the United States. The death toll remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history and high in the lists of American urban disasters.
Time Travel - 1906 San Francisco Market Street
A Trip Down Market Street in San Francsco before the great Earthquake in 1906.
This film in downtown San Francisco was made days before the great earthquake destroyed the city. Filmed by the Miles Brothers, Spring of 1906.
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Vaillancourt Fountain Justin Herman Plaza San Francisco California
Vaillancourt Fountain at Justin Herman Plaza along the Embarcadero Waterfront in downtown San Francisco.
The Army arrives at San Francisco earthquake with help and supplies
This film, made by Thomas A. Edison Company highlights the role of the United States Army in transporting supplies following the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco. The Army's relief operations headquarters was at their base, the Presidio, outside the burned part of the city. The closeups on the soldiers faces are so clear. Read more about the earthquake at daysgoneby.me
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake aftermath
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San Francisco Earthquake aftermath. Views of destruction taken from a vehicle moving east down Market Street on April 18, 1906.
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Vaillancourt Fountain (Fontaine Québec libre) - Embarcadero Plaza, San Francisco
The Vaillancourt Fountain, sometimes called Québec libre!, is a large fountain located in Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco, designed by the Québécois artist Armand Vaillancourt in 1971. Long considered controversial because of its stark, modernist design, there have been several unsuccessful proposals to demolish the fountain over the years. It was the site of a controversial free concert by U2 in 1987, when lead singer Bono spray painted grafitti on the fountain.
The fountain is located in a highly visible spot on the downtown San Francisco waterfront, in Justin Herman Plaza, where Market Street meets The Embarcadero.
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La sculpture Québec libre, plus connue sous le nom de Fontaine Vaillancourt est une œuvre monumentale d'Armand Vaillancourt réalisé en 1971 à San Francisco.
Cette œuvre représente bien le lien qu'effectue Vaillancourt entre ses convictions politiques et sociales et ses œuvres. Il s'agit en fait d'une énorme fontaine de béton, de 61 mètres de long, 43 mètres de large et 11 mètres de haut installée à l'Embarcadero plaza, en plein cœur du quartier financier de la ville.
La nuit précédant son inauguration, Vaillancourt y inscrivit un retentissant Québec libre! en lettres rouges, signifiant son appui indéfectible à la liberté du peuple québécois et plus largement, son appui à l'émancipation de tous les peuples. Voyant, le lendemain, que les employés de la ville avaient effacé l'inscription, il sauta sur la sculpture et y réinscrivit plusieurs fois la phrase.
San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Footage
1906 earthquake that devastated the city of San Francisco.
San Francisco's Historical Characters
Living historians bring life to San Francisco's colorful past!
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Actors at the 2015 San Francisco History Expo at the U.S. Mint, dressed in period clothing, highlight the remarkable lives of notable San Franciscans (in order of appearance):
00:18 Adolph Sutro
02:32 Anna Bishop
03:38 Isaiah Wrigley Lees
05:42 Lillie Hitchcock Coit
07:54 Levi Strauss
08:43 Pyrite Pete
10:47 Lydia Thompson
12:41 James Kelly
14:30 Corky O'Paddy
15:45 Lotta Crabtree
17:45 Leland Stanford
San Francisco remembers 1906 earthquake
San Franciscans gather in the early morning of April 18 to commemorate the 106th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. Produced by Kale Williams. Original photos by Andrew Lopez. Archival photos courtesy of California Watch.
Muni No 1040 Friday, September 14, 2012, 6 30 10 PM
San Francisco Municipal Railway (1950s)
Built 1952 • Operational
Inside look in No. 1040!
This is a special streetcar in several ways. No. 1040 is the very last of almost 5,000 PCC™ streetcars manufactured in North America. It was delivered to Muni in 1952, completing an order of 25 PCCs from the venerable St. Louis Car Company. Of all the single-end PCCs in Muni's current active fleet, it is the only one that has worked in San Francisco its entire life.
PCC 1040 on B-Geary at Lotta's Fountain, one day after B-line service ended. Clark Frazier photo.
In 1944, the publicly owned Municipal Railway had acquired its private competitor, Market Street Railway Co., but the combined streetcar system was worn out. By 1951, 24 streetcar lines had been converted to bus operation, and only seven remained (the B and C on Geary and the J, K, L, M, and N branching off Market). Even so, Muni needed new streetcars to help replace the remaining 'Iron Monsters,' such as preserved cars Nos. 130 and 162.
By 1948, Muni owned 15 modern double-end streetcars (including the Big Tens, Nos. 1006-1015, all but two of which have been preserved), and was in the market for more. It wanted double-ended cars in this order as well. But with business waning, car builders were not interested in customization, and turned down Muni's request for both double-end cars and single-enders with doors at both ends. Instead, Muni settled for St. Louis Car Company's standard widebody design with front and center doors and oval standee windows, thought by many to be the handsomest of the PCC variations.
While still spacious with their nine-foot width, this class of Muni streetcars was four feet shorter than the Big Tens, so naturally they were dubbed the Baby Tens by motormen of the day. Because San Francisco voters had repeatedly refused to repeal the city ordinance requiring a two-person crew on streetcars, this class of cars was delivered with an odd single seat facing inward, opposite the center doors. This was the conductor's station. Passengers entered at the rear, as on the old Muni streetcars, and paid their fare in a farebox mounted on a stanchion near the conductor. In 1954, though, voters changed their minds and allowed modern cars to operate one-man. This changed boarding and the farebox to the front of the car, but the conductor's seat was never removed, and has been preserved in No. 1040's restoration.
No. 1040 saw brief service on the B-Geary line after being delivered, but ran the rest of its first career on the J, K, L, M, and N lines, making tens of thousands of trips up and down Market Street and through city neighborhoods. Always recognized as special for its status as the last PCC, Muni took extra care with No. 1040, installing Bochum resilient wheels for a better ride and refurbishing the car with tan upholstery and the white, orange, and golden yellow Landor livery in the 1970s.
When Muni bought modern light rail vehicles and put its streetcar lines in a new subway under Market Street in the early 1980s, it looked like No. 1040 was out of a job. But it went back to work as part of the Trolley Festival summer fleet in 1983, proving the concept of vintage streetcar service that became the permanent F-line. It was repainted into a version of its original livery after the first Trolley Festival and ran four more summers on Market Street before being set aside for eventual full restoration.
No. 1040 has now been returned to like-new condition, preserving as many original features as possible—including that conductor's seat.
The first streetcar of this class, No. 1016, has been beautifully and faithfully restored by the Bay Area Electric Railway Association at its Western Railway Museum, 55 miles northeast of San Francisco in Solano County. Nine additional cars of this class are stored by Muni, including four repurchased by Market Street Railway and donated back to their original owner, for possible future restoration.
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