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That sure was/is some footage! I imagine the photographer (OK, film guy) had a big camera on some kinda tripod/stand and maybe that was why so many of the pedestrians, especially the kids, kept looking at "us". But that doesn't explain why so many of the people, especially drivers of the other quaint cars, kept playing chicken with the trolley. Whoa!
The drivers seem to go wherever they pleased...no keeping to the right!
Thank you for posting this. I kept reminding myself of the horrors these very people would soon be experiencing.
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well it was quite interesting. Also it appeared in those days there were no rules for cars then as cars seem to drive just about any lane as they pleased.
They did travel in the same direction, but the rules about turning from and into side streets seemed to be pretty much every man for himself.
It all seems so quaint and slow to us. Notice how people don't have too much trouble keeping up with the trolley in order to check the camera out, or the boys running along, hanging onto the back of the car, but to them this was fast paced city life. Everything was go go go.
Lots of newsboys, too.
[SIZE=+0]Huge Crowds Watch Market Street Fire Fight.[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Saltwater pumped by a fire engine is used to try and stop the fire behind the Lincoln Grammar School at 5th and Market, now the site of Nordstrom Department Store. To the right, another engine attempts to find water in a hydrant. To the left, in the distance, is the fire burning through the Call Building at Third and Market. The curved building to the left is the James Flood Building at Market and Powell. Directly across the street is the Emporium building. [/SIZE] [SIZE=-1][/SIZE] Was this the same street the trolly was traveling on?
This was one very powerful earthquake. The quake was felt 9100 kilometers away in germany. The 3 day fires caused substantially more damage than the earthquake.
Wow..that was cool, thanks for posting. As a resident of "The City" Market Street where this is filmed now has people sleeping on the sidewalks instead of people dressed smart walking about. However people still do jump in front of traffic occassionally! Just a different time and era, and of course before the "Big One" hit.
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[SIZE=+0]Huge Crowds Watch Market Street Fire Fight.[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Saltwater pumped by a fire engine is used to try and stop the fire behind the Lincoln Grammar School at 5th and Market, now the site of Nordstrom Department Store. To the right, another engine attempts to find water in a hydrant. To the left, in the distance, is the fire burning through the Call Building at Third and Market. The curved building to the left is the James Flood Building at Market and Powell. Directly across the street is the Emporium building. [/SIZE]
