A trolley trip down Market St, San Francisco - Historum

osgood.tim · July 10th, 2011, 04:21 PM

http://www.samscorner.org/?p=3331

Anyone see the 60 Minutes special on the video I linked above? Supposedly shot in 1906 right before the great fire/earthquake in San Francisco. It's truly amazing and so fascinating to watch! Enjoy!

skizzerflake · July 10th, 2011, 07:13 PM

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One of the Oldest films in existence! A trip down San Francisco’s Market street 4 days before the earthquake! 1906 | Sam's Corner

Anyone see the 60 Minutes special on the video I linked above? Supposedly shot in 1906 right before the great fire/earthquake in San Francisco. It's truly amazing and so fascinating to watch! Enjoy!

I love the complete traffic chaos...no signals, no right of way, pedestrians walking out in front of cars and wagons.

**Sharks and love** · July 10th, 2011, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by osgood.tim

One of the Oldest films in existence! A trip down San Francisco’s Market street 4 days before the earthquake! 1906 | Sam's Corner

Anyone see the 60 Minutes special on the video I linked above?

Nope. Just watched it. Thanks for making me aware of it.

Here it is : Historic Film: Market Street 1906 - 60 Minutes - CBS News

**okamido** · July 10th, 2011, 09:19 PM

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I love the complete traffic chaos...no signals, no right of way, pedestrians walking out in front of cars and wagons.

Thats actually no difference from today.

**Pedro** · July 10th, 2011, 09:27 PM

Now that! is history.

osgood.tim · July 11th, 2011, 09:39 AM

As I watch it again, I am amazed by the thought that all of the people (if not for a lucky few!) that we see in this video are now dead. As the previous poster said, what a great look into a time gone by...

**Carlisle Blues** · July 12th, 2011, 07:40 AM

I was just there on Market Street and to see the old tracks fit right in with this video. Thanks for posting.

**jegates** · July 12th, 2011, 09:01 AM

Really intersting and the traffic was chaos. It even looked like a couple of times some just jumped on passing vehicles to take a ride (hard to tell though)

Thanks for posting it!

**pikeshot1600** · July 12th, 2011, 01:08 PM

I lost count of the near collisions! I wonder when the city authorities (any city) realized how much revenue they could make from traffic citations.

Fascinating film.

dragoner · July 12th, 2011, 01:11 PM

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Thats actually no difference from today.

except traffic actually moved back then...