Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Party Visiting the Bryant and Division Powerhouse | May 3, 1906

Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Party Visiting the Bryant and Division Powerhouse | May 3, 1906 | U00836A

            Less than a month after the devastation of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, San Francisco was leaping to its feet and trying to tell the world that no amount of destruction could destroy the City's spirit.  This shot was likely a publicity 'stunt' in that effort, with Mayor Eugene Schmitz (center left) and other SF and United Railroads company people taking a tour of the Bryant Street Powerhouse.  The powerhouse was one of the first to come back online and supply power for the streetcars that were essential in the reconstruction process.

This shot also gives us an interesting glimpse into the ladies fashions of the day, which underwent all kinds of minute changes throughout the 19th century.  These two upper class ladies are an unusual sight in photos like this (typically only male 'officials' took shots like this) and their elaborate dresses are a marker of the end of the Victorian Era.  Just four years later, women of the day were clothing themselves in a very different manner, shifting from the layers and decor of Victorian values to more practical (and probably comfortable) skirt-suits of the Edwardian Era.

Little details like this really boost the interest of what would otherwise appear to be just another 'boring' group publicity shot.

Taken on: May 3, 1906

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1906 Earthquake and Fire

Abe Ruef

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Bryant and Division Street Powerhouse

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Engine Room

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May 3 1906

Mayor Eugene Schmitz

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Powerhouse Engines

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San Francisco

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San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

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Sets appears in: • SF Reconstruction | June - September 1906 • Behind the Lines: Making Muni Run

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