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A Trip Down Market Street, 1906 - With Sound!

Mike Upchurch · other · Watch on YouTube

World historyTransit, cities & urban planning

What it is

A sound-designed restoration of the Miles brothers' 1906 film shot from a cable car down Market Street in San Francisco, four days before the earthquake. It shows streetcars, horse carts, cars and pedestrians mixing freely.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in street-safety and self-driving threads as a picture of chaotic, shared streets before cars dominated.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's interesting to watch this video of San Francisco's Market street from 1906”

    1906 Market Street: slow cars, streetcars, horses and pedestrians coexisting chaotically.

    Johnny555, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Drivers are killing pedestrians at highest rate in almost 30 years”

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Topics: san francisco 1906, market street, archival film, pedestrians, urban history

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