[Hildy]

Enjoy!

[Paul46360]

What??? No sound?

It’s the day that Pelosi was born and GOD destroyed the mold.

[bubbacluck]

Thanks. That was interesting.

[EggsAckley]

I’ve seen it before and never get tired of it.

Thank you.

[JoeProBono]

[oh8eleven]

Wow, if people didn't have good judgment and timing they were done for.
Today, most people can't even make a left turn w/o a green arrow.

[Huskrrrr]

No Gay Pride parade that day.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Fascinating, for the near-anarchy that somehow functions. No traffic lights, no stop signs, no police directing traffic (one policeman is clearly seen, but he’s doing nothing to control traffic). Horse-drawn vehicles, autos, street cars, pedestrians— all cutting each other off but somehow surviving.

[MonicaG]

Wow, thanks. Love the music, too.

[Mr. Mojo]

That was great. Early autos, horse-drawn carriages, streetcars, and pedestrians (dressed almost exclusively in black) all staying out of each other’s way, without street lights for assistance, with the greatest of ease and good cheer.

Some real character out there. Check out the big dude at the far right corner of the screen at the 1:16 mark. Very hip shades. Looks like Belushi in the Blues Brothers.

[Vendome]

I saw this a few months ago. Still the coolest thing to watch.

[Battle Axe]

I have found among my mothers things a photo album made by a cousin as he was stationed near S. F. during WWI. He went to the zoo. I wonder if it could also be dated? There are a couple of shots of the military camp and parade grounds.

[abigail2]

Thanks, no road signs or lines telling people where to drive, yet everyone seems to be humming along just fine! Horses and cars! LOL thanks.

[brytlea]

Thank you, that is simply awesome. But they were crazy drivers!

[fantail 1952]

If you check out some of the sites devoted to the old muninciple railways, you will find many videos like these. I have seen this one, and I remember that on that site, they also had a video of the same trip just weeks AFTER the quake.....Awesome!

[fantail 1952]

If you check out some of the sites devoted to the old muninciple railways, you will find many videos like these. I have seen this one, and I remember that on that site, they also had a video of the same trip just weeks AFTER the quake.....Awesome!

[baseballmom]

That was very cool. Thanks for posting.

[Fido969]

Amazing there were that many cars outnumber the horses in 1906.

What a great picture of a slice of urban life at that time.

[CARTOUCHE]

Enjoy!

I did. I worked in the city in the late 1970s and I thought it a zoo then. This film just reinforced my observation.
At least the 1906 ers dressed better.

[Swede Girl]

Wow! Thanks! Amazing - so much history and so many events have transpired since then. They were blissfully unaware of the fate that soon awaited them in just a few days.

What a great city it was...thriving and active with everyday city life. What an amazing view of reality this is. The emergence of the automobile, the trolley, the lack of traffic control, the fashions of the day, the street activity, the reactions of those seeing the camera .....amazing.

I think these San Franciscans would be mortified to know the connotation their great city has these days.

[montag813]

NO INCOME TAX! Miniscule government.