This fantastic film was made just four days before the great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. Many of the buildings seen in the video were severely damaged.
The cameraman stood at the front window of a street car on Market Street and filmed the street car's progress to the end point where it turned around. It appears there were no traffic rules or controls, making riding or walking on that street a scary proposition.
That is just amazing! And as you said 'scary' but in the extreme.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it was the Great Traffic God in the sky who visited the 'quake on them for not being sensible!
BTW I've added your blog to the list on http://soitsgettingbetter.blogspot.com/ now that you're a full-scale blogger!
Hey Micky,
ReplyDeleteThanks for adding me, and for being a "Follower".
Being in Blogger makes me feel like I'm now in the "Big Leagues"