Before the great fire in San Francisco at the close of the Victorian era, autos began to replace horses on the streets. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJfTa5SjDCY ] "Jaywalking" appears to have been standard behavior. The video records no effort to control traffic, even at intersections.

Before the great fire in San Francisco at the close of the Victorian era, autos began to replace horses on the streets. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJfTa5SjDCY ] "Jaywalking" appears to have been standard behavior. The video records no effort to control traffic, even at intersections.

You may wish to mute the sound. It is not original to the film and it can be distracting.

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"According my great-grandfather Louis Theodore Karvystone (1889 – 1971) this movie was produced in 1904 in San Francisco city by Elliot Erwing Dowley…He appearances at running in front of the “train” on the video at 15 year old (6:53 – 6:58). My great grandfather to final filming at the video and talking with the producer, Mister Elliot at 31 years old… In this time, my great grand father sold newspaper on the street… He comes to Brazil in 1919..."

#VictorianDiscovery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJfTa5SjDCY