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Vacancy: 1906
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 6:39am.
1906. "Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, amid ruins of earthquake and fire." The hotel, near completion when disaster struck, opened the following year. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
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Submitted by timeandagainphoto on Sun, 01/16/2011 - 8:40pm.
Below is the same view from September of 2009. Trees and buildings now obsure most of the Fairmont from this perspective.
Shaking the past
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 12:38pm.
Fantastic photograph! My jaw dropped! I take the #1 California bus in San Francisco several times a week, which drives right by the Fairmont. Wow. Photographs as time machines, definitely. Must have been solidly built.
And today
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 11:20am.
The flagship and namesake of the Fairmont chain of hotels. Although the company is now based in Canada.
Great picture
Submitted by Born40YearsTooLate on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 10:53am.
I've seen lots of post-earthquake photos (even this one, I think), but I didn't realize that some were taken by DPC. It's amazing how little smoke staining there is on the exterior. Also, many of the windows on the lower floors are still intact.
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