Was San Francisco always the same? You will be surprised to see how Fog City was around 100 years ago. San Francisco is known for being one of the most interesting and beautiful cities in the entire country. Whether it’s the environment or the architecture, we are lucky to live in a place with so much history. Better yet, it’s incredible to know that the city has always been a melting pot of ideas, social movements, music, and more in just one place for over 100 years. Watch a delightful video to see San Francisco as a bystander, observing the heart of the city on Market Street, and enjoy some unforgettable photos of the city from around 100 years ago.
Watch this splendid footage of San Francisco provided by YouTube user Ella’s Archives. This video footage is a trip Down Market Street in 1906 within the restored historic district.
San Francisco Examiner/Archives.sfexaminer.com/ Aftermath of a bombing in San Francisco on July 22, 1916. In anticipation of the United States’ possible entry into World War I, a suitcase bomb was detonated, killing ten and wounding many in the worst attack in San Francisco’s history.
U.S. Geological Survey/Flickr One of the city’s most dramatic and tragic moments, the great earthquake of 1906. In this photo we see residents overlooking downtown San Francisco as fires breakout across the city.
San Francisco/Flickr Workers paving and surfacing the road on Mission Street at 18th, December 9, 1910. By the 1920’s, Theatres were built here because it became a hopping thoroughfare.
David Flam/Flickr The Cliff House, before it was destroyed by fire in 1907. The 1896 Cliff House survived the 1906 earthquake with little damage, but burned to the ground on the evening of September 7, 1907, after existing for only 11 years.
CharmaineZoe’s Marvelous Melange/Flickr Rex Theatre, San Francisco, California in 1916. The Hotel Rex was originally constructed in 1907 and restored by Joie de Vivre Hospitality in 1996. The Salon in the hotel is a unique and opulent space today in San Francisco.
If you’re curious about San Francisco history and have something to share please let us know. Also, if you want to see more historic San Francisco then take the time to check out This Rare Footage Of A San Francisco Amusement Park.
San Francisco Examiner/Archives.sfexaminer.com/
Aftermath of a bombing in San Francisco on July 22, 1916. In anticipation of the United States’ possible entry into World War I, a suitcase bomb was detonated, killing ten and wounding many in the worst attack in San Francisco’s history.
U.S. Geological Survey/Flickr
One of the city’s most dramatic and tragic moments, the great earthquake of 1906. In this photo we see residents overlooking downtown San Francisco as fires breakout across the city.
San Francisco/Flickr
Workers paving and surfacing the road on Mission Street at 18th, December 9, 1910. By the 1920’s, Theatres were built here because it became a hopping thoroughfare.
David Flam/Flickr
The Cliff House, before it was destroyed by fire in 1907. The 1896 Cliff House survived the 1906 earthquake with little damage, but burned to the ground on the evening of September 7, 1907, after existing for only 11 years.
CharmaineZoe’s Marvelous Melange/Flickr
Rex Theatre, San Francisco, California in 1916. The Hotel Rex was originally constructed in 1907 and restored by Joie de Vivre Hospitality in 1996. The Salon in the hotel is a unique and opulent space today in San Francisco.
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