The Streets of San Francisco in 1905/06

Yes, this is awesome footage. What a connection the with the pre-earthquake city. All the more so for anyone who has ever been down that *same street* !! The Embarcadero/Ferry building tower at the end is still there, so are the streetcars ( ride the F trains ).

Definitely “time and again” ( Jack Finney ) material.

One of your neatest finds. Thank-you.

“Perhaps the more startling aspect of the video to a modern viewer is the realization that a century ago people walked, ran, drove, rode bicycles and horses wherever they wanted, whenever they wanted in the streets.”

What do you mean….?

Apart from the horses – but even those can occasionally still be seen in some European cities- That observation of people moving like exactly that still are a totally normal everyday picture.

Just come over once and apparently you will get a cultureshock….

I just thought it scary that the cars would “race” in front of the street car like it was shown. i just wonder how many accidents had happened back then? but those street cars are fun to ride.

Nice find Abdulhamid-

Did you notice the main difference?
Lots of cars and trucks among the horses and carriages already at in 1906 in San Francisco. But in Barcelona of 1908 – Hey look! There rides a car- how novel!