Go Back 100 Years Market Street San Francisco in 1905 (full) A Trip Down Market Street

[resrevr]

In my mind, colour only started to exist in the 40's

[gc3k]

i cant imagine how people in 1905 were able to live their lives with squiggly wires and black spots always flickering in the air

[luis3826]

people didnt give a F about the way they drove lol

[alessya87]

Wow, some chaotic driving, huh? :D

And wow again, this is so old... It makes me shiver! Such a long time ago... I'm speechless, actually. Thank you for the clip!

[chloekat3]

some of those carriages are horseless? didnt realise they had already invented some sort of horseless carriage by then!. amazing to watch

[metal220]

theres a movie my great unlce was in a long time ago called streets of san francisco. he was a pick pocket in the film trying to find it

[DrayTheTruth]

What a difference my city

[wiccanmoonman]

Boring no one dies lol.

[wiccanmoonman]

@wiccanmoonman until a few months later lol

[MrWWEThemeSongs1V2]

0:16 "i'll complete our secret, i'm sure everyone was gaay!!!" XDDD

[squishy64wii]

that is 1906 just a week before the quake all those people didn't know what was coming. i found this out on the tv.

[wiccanmoonman]

The video quality sucks

[MrWWEThemeSongs1V2]

@wiccanmoonman it's 1905 asshole

[TheL3xusV3]

@wiccanmoonman

=)))) You are retarded?

[wiccanmoonman]

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[TheL3xusV3]

@wiccanmoonman

I've already seen with your mother in my bed.

[wiccanmoonman]

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[TheL3xusV3]

@wiccanmoonman

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[wiccanmoonman]

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[TheL3xusV3]

@wiccanmoonman

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[wiccanmoonman]

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[stevens1231]

What song is playing

[32UnderDown]

Its amazing to think that everyone on this video is actually dead today.

[vtecivicsib18]

shitty quality

[miraclay]

That was back when people were truly free. No regulations of any kind it seems.

[wawaleonor]

over a century later and they are sill driving like assholes in S.F.

[allinyourdoor]

All those people walking in the middle of the roads are now called crackheads,

[notadjfor1]

I would love to have had a muscle car or some big ass Dodge Ram to drive down that road during that time. They would've been shitting their pants seeing these loud and monstrous vehicles drive down the road! Oh and all the while playing heavy metal or gangster rap music while I'm driving! I'm just acting crazy guys. I would love to see their reactions though!

[GelandnaleG]

6:07

That is my Horse Mr.DoodlesP

[mbigmoneyhomiegdog]

This is an awesome piece of American history. Priceless!! Thanks for putting it out here.

[chumpthedog]

Heard about this video on 60 Minutes. To think that some of these people only had a few weeks to live.

[bubbyriggins]

lol cars were so slow people could walk in front of one while its still goin

[searchanddiscover]

so was this taken on a trolley? its creepy seeing how many of these people died a year later...i don't know how to explain it other than its just eerie.

[TheWindsniper10]

god people acually new how to drive 105 years ago! they didnt need no damn AAA!

[brassenine]

This is remarkable. At 5:01 watching the horse drawn wagon crossing ever so slowly over the tracks really shows how life at that time bridged two different worlds, the old world of the bygone 'wild west' and the emerging world of industry and technology. But I guess every generation is a bridge from old to new. Also love the music and at 4:51 when the boy jumps in front of the car and 'races' it down the street. Thanks for sharing.

[neohelden]

wow..the now wellsfargo bank ....hey hey thank you u u !..music awesome!..video awesome!..not problem with fixing stuff...like its says...to all those souls...pity!...cause they are not here anymore and also yeah they died in the earthquake..now the next time when I go to SF I'll remember this video, all these people, and children, and horses,,,clothes, culture..sniff..thank you

[PukuTheBear]

Don't be sad. We all get to spin on this world for a while. It was what they did while they were here that counted. Just as what we do while we are here counts.

5 generations just like that one came and exited. Enjoy life and do good, right?

Thanks for commenting.

[neohelden]

really!...is that what my login means?

wow!...I am pride..I didint know....thank you to decode it...cause many people asked me about that..but I even didint know what does it means...lol..thank you again!

[PukuTheBear]

"neo+helden" love the login

"new heros"

[neohelden]

@PukuTheBear

Hi, wanted to know where did you get the meanning of my login..I 've been researching and nothing!..looks like kind of german or van helsen!..dont know!!

[wiccanmoonman]

@neohelden should have disco inferno.LOL

[B4inSF]

I love the use of the music of the time.

awesome stuff

[JacktheSmack]

Looks like it wasn't too bad in terms of traffic. Much more lawless but everyone looks like they're going at 10 MPH.

[Imnothecrazyone]

No traffic laws! they just go where they want to.

[STAMATOPOULOS]

NICE JOB..

[PukuTheBear]

thanks

[MandyxxMassacre]

This is really amazing.

I love the kid that pops out of the horse carriage at 6:18!

hahah :)

[discowheels77]

hilarious. i was born & raised in sf and it's interesting to note the driving hasn't changed much in 100 years. well, less horses, more hippies now i suppose... though they both snarl traffic & foul the streets about the same!

love the trolley-broadside at 3:30.

peace

[user56781]

there all just getting on with it and making the most of what they got , how many travel offences are being made here? at least they had some freedom to what we have today , get fined for farting these days heh

[PukuTheBear]

Actually a sizable number of people were run over by horses and cars, so the lack of organization and freedom had its cost. Of course people were more responsible for their own safety.

Additionally they were getting on with it but one year later many died in an earthquake.

You should also note that life expentancy for males was 48.4 and females was 51.8.

Employers treated people terribaly back then. It wasn't better, trust me. Grass is greener theory.

[sooddthisman]

1:00 on the left ,the now "gap" ..how fun

[copperjones1915]

thank you thats very nice

[gregwddriver]

I am surprised at the number of automobiles. Not just little one and two cylinder cars, but many high dollar large touring cars as well. I was fortunate enough to inherit my fathers 1910 buick, which we take for ice cream on occasion. Great to see the life it once led.

[PukuTheBear]

That has to be a head-turner. Is it restored or orginal?

[MarleyFan11]

The crazy thing about this video is everything in it is either destroyed in the earthquake or burned in the following fire less then a year later. Plus a lot of these peope were probably killed!

[PukuTheBear]

They probably had no idea what was in their future.

[AppleDGreen]

simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

[silentbacchus]

Love the music added, but that is a world war one song which wasn't recorded until the late teens! There was music from 1905, check the ucsb cylinder collection online.

[PukuTheBear]

I took the music from an archive site and only went by the dates they posted.

I will check the collection, thanks!

[3alarm247]

Looks like people weren't worried about being hit my trolleys, or cars, they were walking and driving all over the place with no caution. Obviously this was before traffic tickets.

[PukuTheBear]

They were very worried. Many people died from being run over as you can imagine just by looking at the video.

The modern traffic light was invented by Garrett Augustus Morgan in 1920 and street rules aparrently had yet to be defined in this video.

Still you can see several tough looking police with attitude, in the video. Must be for gun fights, stealing, drunkeness and fighting.

[basundra]

it's pretty much still the same, just add asphalt and change the cars for subarus. driving through this street is restricted to the insane. excellent video!

[PukuTheBear]

Thanks.

I did a playlist on this with some other videos. Aparently there are some pretty criminal sections now-a-days.

[coldroll5]

They ha just invented the hand crank camera.

[RafikiEarthPaw]

Wow, how did you get this film? I like black and white videos, actual black and white footage of old times.

Was the film camera invented around this time?

[Pr0t0sz]

Well that was pretty cool.

[PukuTheBear]

Isn't it?! I did a playlist on this so you can see Market Street in the 30's 60's and today.

There is a video in the playlist that shows the earthquake that hit a year later.

[Pr0t0sz]

Cool man I will be sure to check that out thanks a lot.