A Trip Down Market Street Before the Great Earthquake & Fires 1906

A trip down market street before the fire. Market Street, San Francisco; filmed on April 14, 1906. Shot 4 days before the Great San Francisco Earthquake & fires demolished downtown. Filmed from a Market Street cable car headed to The Ferry Building prominently displayed in the center. It shows fashion, architecture, and travel transitioning into the 20th century with cable cars, horse-drawn buggies, and the novelty automobile. Set to William Tell Overture (by Rossini).
#SanFrancisco #Earthquake #MarketStreet

[@bucksgirl1256]

Wow. Sad. Devastating.

[@bucksgirl1256]

I’m surprised the horses weren’t spooked by the cars and trollies.

[@HistoryBUB]

They were used to it back then.