Panoramic photograph of the San Francisco business district

Panoramic photograph of San Francisco created by R.J. Waters & Co. that depicts the city in the weeks preceding the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906, probably taken from the roof of Shreve & Company at the intersection of Grant Street and Post Street and looking east toward the San Francisco Bay. The image shows a cityscape with many identified business, including D. Samuels Lace House, Dow Pumps, Newman & Levinson Dry Goods, the Poodle Dog Restaurant, Sierra Photo-Engraving, and Goldberg, Bowen & Company, which was a grocer located at the intersection of Sutter Street and Leavenworth Street. Nob Hill and Telegraph Hill are also visible in the images, as well as Treasure Island and the masts of sailing ships on the horizon