Johnnies On the Spot, Slightly Bent But Never Broke -- April 18, 2022

New York Clipper, 28-August-1906

Today is the 116th anniversary of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire.

The Miles Brothers, pioneering San Francisco producers and distributors, offered films of San Francisco before the earthquake, including their famous film known as "A Trip Down Market Street." 

The "Panoramic View of Newspaper Square at Kearny and Market Streets" mentions "Lotta Fountain" and the "Sutter Street Turntable."  This was actually the Geary Street, Park and Ocean turntable.  The intersection was called Newspaper Square because the offices of the Chronicle, the Examiner and the Call were on three of the corners. 

Be sure to click on the images for a larger version. 

San Francisco Call-Chronicle-Examiner, 19-April-1906

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California Theater Face Washing -- January 15, 2021

 

Motion Picture News, 08-January-1921

San Francisco's California Theater, the third of that name, stood at Fourth Street and Market. It opened in 1917. It was renamed the State in 1941, closed in 1954 and was torn down in 1961. More about the California Theater: Big V Riot Squad: California Theater, San Francisco -- June 17, 2018

California Theater, San Francisco -- June 17, 2018

Moving Picture World, 22-December-1917

San Francisco's California Theater, the third of that name, stood at Fourth Street and Market.  It was renamed the State in 1941, closed in 1954 and was torn down in 1961.

Moving Picture World, 22-December-1917

Moving Picture World, 22-December-1917

Johnnies On the Spot, Slightly Bent But Never Broke -- April 18, 2014

Today is the 108th anniversary of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquake and Fire.

The Miles Brothers, pioneering San Francisco producers and distributors, offered films of San Francisco before the earthquake, including their famous film known as "A Trip Down Market Street." 

The "Panoramic View of Newspaper Square at Kearny and Market Streets" mentions "Lotta Fountain" and the "Sutter Street Turntable."  This was actually the Geary Street, Park and Ocean turntable.  The intersection was called Newspaper Square because the offices of the Chronicle, the Examiner and the Call were on three of the corners. 

Be sure to click on the images for a larger version. 

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