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[4k, 60 fps] San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906

Denis Shiryaev · other · Watch on YouTube

World historyTransit, cities & urban planningAnimation & visual effects

What it is

A neural-network upscaled 4K, 60 fps version of the 1906 film of a trip down Market Street in San Francisco, shot four days before the earthquake. It shows cable cars, horse carriages, early automobiles and pedestrians sharing the street.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in threads on cars, streets and urbanism as evidence of how mixed traffic worked before cars took over.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “This reminds me of a cool video i saw the other day of San Francisco's Market Street in 1906”

    1906 San Francisco street with cars, horses and pedestrians sharing the road

    sarora27, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “A Brief Cultural History of the Parking Lot”

  2. “I've really come to enjoy these sorts of upscaled videos that allow a view of various cities in the early 1900's.”

    Upscaled early 1900s city footage

    GeekyBear, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “The Hindenburg disaster denoised, upscaled, and colorized using ML [video]”

  3. “You can see pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and early automobiles all "flowing" together.”

    Upscaled 1906 film showing pedestrians, carriages and automobiles flowing together

    carapace, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks'”

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Topics: san francisco, 1906, film restoration, mixed traffic, urban history

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