See stunning footage of San Francisco four days before the 1906 earthquake
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A screengrab from restored footage of Market Street in San Francisco on April 14, 1906, four days before the earthquake.Denis Shiryaev / YouTube
For a century no one knew exactly when this mesmerizing movie of San Francisco was made, or who made it.
The camera moves like a phantom, drifting steadily from 8th and Hyde down Market Street, passing life in historic San Francisco nuns, newsboys, a lady in a white-feathered hat, horse carts, a group of young women awaiting a cable car, postal service automobiles and kids dodging traffic.
See stunning footage of San Francisco four days before the 1906 earthquake
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