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San Francisco in 1906 (video)
flixxy.com ^ | 1/14/2007 | Unk.

Posted on 01/09/2010 8:55:25 AM PST by Signalman

Interesting video taken from the front of a streetcar traveling down Market St. in San Francisco, just a few days before the earthquake.


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1 posted on 01/09/2010 8:55:26 AM PST by Signalman
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To: Bobkk47

I had no idea they had video back then


2 posted on 01/09/2010 8:58:27 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: HazelG

ping


3 posted on 01/09/2010 8:59:08 AM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is...Tell the storm how big your God is!)
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To: Bobkk47

http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://www.flixxy.com/san-francisco-1905-historical-footage.htm


4 posted on 01/09/2010 9:01:11 AM PST by Signalman
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To: Bobkk47

Dang! They had some crazy drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists even back then.


5 posted on 01/09/2010 9:02:05 AM PST by Krankor
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To: Bobkk47

Not much for traffic control at the time, were they? It’s amazing how many automobiles there were, their being about a decade in existence in America.


6 posted on 01/09/2010 9:02:19 AM PST by bcsco (Hey, GOP: The American Indians found out what happens when you don't control immigration...)
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To: Bobkk47

Those people would probably be freaking disgusted by what is going on in San Francisco today. Drug use, open homosexuality etc.


7 posted on 01/09/2010 9:04:09 AM PST by ReaganCaesar
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To: Bobkk47

Wow and I thought today’s commute was crazy


8 posted on 01/09/2010 9:04:18 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Bobkk47

Everything is so clean and orderly. It is also very bright and sunny. I can’t think of a time I have walked down Market St where it is not disgustingly dirty and dark.


9 posted on 01/09/2010 9:06:25 AM PST by svcw (The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
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To: Bobkk47

There’s a surreal feeling to this footage, almost like it was choreographed. Must be the music.


10 posted on 01/09/2010 9:09:13 AM PST by skeeter
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To: al baby

I had no idea that the automibles had right-hand drive back then. Or maybe the film was “flopped.”

Fascinating film. Very minimalistic.


11 posted on 01/09/2010 9:10:07 AM PST by EggsAckley (There's an Ethiopian in the fuel supply. W.C. Fields)
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To: al baby
I had no idea they had video back then

It was the beta version of BetaMax.

12 posted on 01/09/2010 9:10:17 AM PST by Dan(9698)
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To: Bobkk47

Really neat to watch, thanks.

Taken just four days before the earthquake.

Leaves an ominous feeling.


13 posted on 01/09/2010 9:12:44 AM PST by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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To: ReaganCaesar

Of course back then, there was a problem with horse manure on the street. Now thanks, in part, to the commies running the city and their enforced “tolerance” of allowing “street people” and beggars to wander around and sleep anywhere they want, it’s no longer horse manure that’s a problem. Now, crap on the streets and sidewalks come from the “homeless”.


14 posted on 01/09/2010 9:14:33 AM PST by Signalman
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To: al baby

I guess their cell phones w/video capability were more advanced than we realized.


15 posted on 01/09/2010 9:16:52 AM PST by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Krankor

It’s not nice to taunt death like that, considering what happened four days later.


16 posted on 01/09/2010 9:24:08 AM PST by giotto
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To: Bobkk47

Anybody else notice how few women are in the film. They must have been sleeping in late. Or barefoot. And maybe pregnant.


17 posted on 01/09/2010 9:24:39 AM PST by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: EggsAckley

Well with the horse drawn carriages they had shovel ready jobs


18 posted on 01/09/2010 9:24:56 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom sarc ;))
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To: Krankor

The best part, not a drag queen in sight.


19 posted on 01/09/2010 9:29:28 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: al baby

Something to think about, freedom looks awfully close to anarchy doesn’t it? It looks like there were a minimal amount of rules, no jaywalking, U-turns at your leisure, drive without regard to lanes etc.


20 posted on 01/09/2010 9:37:42 AM PST by runninglips (All that is necessary for evil to triumph is Republicans to act like Liberals)
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