A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906)

★★★★ · 1906? Doubtful... · mattydread · 2018-11-01

It's very unlikely this is 1906. Look at the number and type of cars. In 1906, the streets would still have been mostly full of horse-drawn vehicles. The cars of that time would have been very rudimentary and few and far between. Furthermore, I believe I see Model T's driving around and they didn't come on the scene until 1908. Therefore, this film probably dates from the early teens. By that time, San Francisco had largely been rebuilt with the masonry, stone facades you see in this film - the wooden buildings having burned in 1906. Finally, the film quality itself is way too good for 1906.…

★★★★ · All this, and sprockets too! · Spuzz · 2023-02-20

A rescan of this classic film gives us more on view here, as every sprocket hole (and detail around the edges) are seen in this film. Always a fun voyage of course, with it's chaotic goings on what with the cars, pedestrians and horses and carts (and I did see a man on a single horse as well!) and my favorite boy in the back of vehicle shot.