My Grandmother was raised in San Francisco. I can remember her talking about going to the movies and as a snack would get rice. She talked about the day after she graduated from High School, she and my grandfather eloped and got married. My great grandfather had no education, but could speak 7 languages. He did what would be called "gig work" to survive in San Francisco.
My great grandfather was a fisherman. He put my 16 year old grandmother and her brother on his boat and went to Oakland. My grandmother told me that for three days the sky's over the city were black and at night they were bright orange. When they came home the house was still standing, a mess but still standing. My great grandfather put to sea and filled his boat with fish and fed anyone who was hungry and returned to sea for more fish.
I'm 100 percent San Franciscan, born and raised so my statements may be a little bias. Everyone has seen pictures and movies of this place, but the one thing that's never captured is the soul of the place, growing up here has always been a love a fair! I have pride in my city, which will never change! The San Francisco Bay Area Rocks!! For better or worse!!
It's Way worse. Do something about it. A visitor can't leave their car unattended. Or feel safe walking your streets. Shame you've allowed This Once beautiful place to Fall This far
@wayneburch3775 We? If you mean people in government, I'm with you! As a citizen, I do my part, giving money and time to help the people in the streets. Law enforcement is doing what they can but are overwhelmed and underfunded. I travel the world, and SF is not alone. I find there's plenty people who bitch but very few who try and find solutions. Don't put all the blame on the city. I also walk the streets and drive in the city every day for the past 50 years without incident. The city, any city, can be dangerous. You, as a person/tourist, need to be aware of those dangers. ❤️ SF
The fire chief had to be moved three times as the fire over took the city. He lived for three days until he was told the fires were out, it is said a smile came to his face as he passed away.
My great grandparents lived there. My grandmother was born there. They stayed until 1910 and moved to San Diego where I live. Nearly all of my family were born or lived much of our lives in Los Angeles. Natives...
@@2degucitas I trust your comment was in jest? San Francisco over the past several years has seen the burgeoning problem of homelessness as well as a rise of theft crimes among retailers. The homelessness problem is not an easy fix, as many of them, including my brother, have mental issues with not being of sound mind; hence, they lacking reasoning skills; with generating a tremendous amount of troubles.
The 99yr old looks like he's from that era.He was born 1899 and he was 7yrs old in April 18,1906 and in 1998 he was 99yrs old telling what happened in San Francisco great earthquake.Hes dead now after this video.Also this 99yrs old was around before my grandfather(1921) and my dad(1941) was even born and also out lived both my grandfather and dad! My grandfather died in 1984 and my dad died at age 48yrs old in 1990 and that old man was still living to tell the story in 1998 about his life.That is amazing to me and I was alive while he told his story and in 1998 I was only 29yrs old at that time but this my first time seeing this old 99yrs old for the first time in my life in October 2022 at age 53yrs old now.Just unbelievable.
This is a wonderful program! I made my final pleasure and vacation trips to SFO just around the time and a little after this program was created. The city has become so nasty and unpleasant to be in that I will never visit it again unless required by work, commerce, or until it wishes to join in the spirit of American goodness and freedom again.
SF was enormously wealthy at that time, thanks to the gold rush and Comstock lode ~50 years earlier. People had travelled to Europe and wanted to recreate what they'd seen on the other side of the Pond. They had the resources to bring in loads of craftsmen to construct impressive buildings.
Gold and silver was used to keep the bank in operation during 1906 earthquake with one man courage who set up the first bank to help the people to rebuild there lives and businesses again.Amazing.
And I ask myself, when will James Cameron direct and produce a movie about the San Francisco earthquake, on the same scale as Titanic? The special effects alone would be breath taking with todays Cinematic technology. See San Francisco as it was in 1906. I predict it would surpass Titanic with the right cast. Leonardo DiCaprio would make a convincing Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Jeremy Renner as the intrepid General Frederick Funston and perhaps cast Kristen Stewart as a romantic love interest to some fine young leading man yet to be reveled. 4
Not Leonardo DiCaprio ... he doesn't look anything like that mayor ... just like you didn't look anything like Howard Hughes and I have a problem when the actor doesn't look like the person they are portraying . He could play some other role in it ... or just be one of the producers .
@@gardensofthegods Agreed, Who would you suggest play the Mayor of San Francisco of 1906? You have to agree, the special effects would be off the charts, compared with 1997 Titanic.
I was in San Francisco in the 19th century and in the tourney of the century I was in San Francisco on December 31st 1899 I am immortal I am Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod I was born in the highlands of Scotland I am Not Alone I fought in the American Revolution war I knew the Swamp Fox Colonel Marion the colonial Army
Aye drank deep of the kantharos? I don't know the particulars and would probably think twice before drinking of that cup, surely it fetters one to more than just life.
Alec Chase . . . Unfortunately, what you hear is what came across in the audio on the video that was recorded off-the-air on a VHS machine. I could do nothing with it.
The music is necessary for creating a feeling of drama and excitement. On a serious note, if you turn on closed captioning subtitles you'll be able to read what he's saying.
I wonder what all these people from the 1900s would say if they were alive today and saw all the homeless and how literally their beautiful city has gone TO SHIT TODAY!
@@Me97202 No. It was beautiful but unaffordable through the 90s... Perhaps the early 2000s. By say... 2018 or 2019 it was a place we were saying goodbye to. No more visiting or shopping. Now it's a filthy husk.
I would hate to live there during that time but I'm surprised they found a person from long ago.I would love to see it one day.Now there's talk of SF having a really big bad quake one of these days
Really sad how remarkably bad San Francisco has gotten. Oakland used to just be where you didnt want to end up at nite. I wouldnt want to be in either any time.
when u figure out gov cause all the crises give me a call "Crisis is the rallying cry of the Tyrant." James Madison. only computers get viruses humans are murdered by other humans
@H.P. Oliver . . . This posted video wasn't from a studio dub, but was recorded over-the-air (I edited out the commercial spots), where TV reception issues, the quality of the VHS tape, and even the quality of the VCR were significant factors with what resulted in the visual quality of this YT presentation.
Yes. From it's inception,it has been a ...... Magical?? Weird??? Interesting??? Intriguing??? Fascinating?? It seems to be in a " trend" or " crisis" about every 50 or so years .. I lived there for 20 years until 2019,and have recently moved back .. It's ... Something.. I
The rich and the poor became homeless in that earthquake.250,000 people were homeless including the rich.There money and power was worthless in that situation at the time.But later on they got helped from other countries and cities of course.
The shells were stone but the interiors were almost all wood and other flammable materials. The destruction wasn't helped by the military using explosives to create firebreaks. I've read that it was effectively like a bombing and did more damage than the quake itself.
The quake ruptured both gas and water lines. The gas started fires but there was no H₂O to put them. The military was called in.to dynamite firebreaks. I've read that the dynamiting caused more destruction than the quake itself.
@@-oiiio-3993 I don’t know the secrets of the Grove, but I do know this. Joaquin Miller, beloved poet of the Sierras was an honorary member of the Grove. He was an close associates with a man named William Walker also a writer and prominent resident of the city. William Walker led the filibuster enslavement of the Nicaraguans and Hondurans with funds raised by Joaquin Miller from prominent donors from the city. Joaquin Miller even published autobiographical poetry documenting these events. The Bohemian Club has a storied membership indeed.
@@marcellamarano9804 So true! Story is that he secretly loaded up the contents of the vault in a vegetable sellers wagon and got it out of town. He was able to reopen weeks before the other bankers. He also chartered ships, they loaded up with lumber in Seattle and brought back the lumber to start the rebuilding.
A people of horse and carriage cannot build like that. These people inherited the city after the reset. There’s absolutely no way those people built it. The architecture suggests it was already here. Research Tartaria.
Do you TartarSauce people all read from a script? Horses and buggies were personal transportation not construction equipment. Does a Corolla tell you anything about the tech that's used to build modern skyscrapers??? SF was one of the wealthiest cities in the US thanks to the gold rush and Comstock Lode. They had the $$$ to bring in armies of craftsmen to build houses and offices. They copied European styles to show that the US had "made it" and could equal what they'd seen on their travels abroad. The 19th C. was only two or three lifetimes ago. It wasn't the Pleistocene. People weren't sitting in caves pounding [stuff] with rock hammers. They had *all kinds* of heavy-duty machinery like cranes, excavators, lifts, even drills - all powered by STEAM. Research _actual_ history.
@@BeyondiMaginatioN-9 Evidence? If not, it's just the fable it's been shown to be. Dude, my grandparents lived back then. My grandfather worked in construction and my great-uncle did electric systems. I guess they spent their retirements lying to all of us kids about what they did, and the tools I inherited are all clever fakes. Suuuuuurre.
My Grandmother was raised in San Francisco. I can remember her talking about going to the movies and as a snack would get rice. She talked about the day after she graduated from High School, she and my grandfather eloped and got married.
My great grandfather had no education, but could speak 7 languages. He did what would be called "gig work" to survive in San Francisco.
My great grandfather was a fisherman. He put my 16 year old grandmother and her brother on his boat and went to Oakland. My grandmother told me that for three days the sky's over the city were black and at night they were bright orange. When they came home the house was still standing, a mess but still standing. My great grandfather put to sea and filled his boat with fish and fed anyone who was hungry and returned to sea for more fish.
The voice-over narrator I think it's the guy who does the PBS narration for American Masters .
He has a wonderful voice
The voice-over narrator is William R. Lyman who narrates PBS' "Frontline" investigative reporting series. Resonant voice.
My great grandparents arrived from Portugal in 1910 to SF. My mom has amazing photos from when they had a dairy in the Cow Hollow area.
Could you upload the photos (Imgur, Reddit, etc.) and share the link here?
Our city is down right now but not out. It’ll come back even better and before we know it. I’ll always love our beloved San Francisco.
Well, I think we're all pulling for you, Woofy! 👍
❤Me too!
I remember it from 1948 and it was really swell. Oakland too.
@@jamesmiller4184 wish I knew you. Would love to hear what it’s like to see San Francisco change over time through your eyes!
Not if people don't put their egos aside and vote differently... its obvious which party has been destroying that city...
Get it away from the political left
Keep voting Democrat…😂
I'm 100 percent San Franciscan, born and raised so my statements may be a little bias. Everyone has seen pictures and movies of this place, but the one thing that's never captured is the soul of the place, growing up here has always been a love a fair! I have pride in my city, which will never change! The San Francisco Bay Area Rocks!! For better or worse!!
💯
It's Way worse. Do something about it. A visitor can't leave their car unattended. Or feel safe walking your streets. Shame you've allowed This Once beautiful place to Fall This far
@wayneburch3775 We? If you mean people in government, I'm with you! As a citizen, I do my part, giving money and time to help the people in the streets. Law enforcement is doing what they can but are overwhelmed and underfunded. I travel the world, and SF is not alone. I find there's plenty people who bitch but very few who try and find solutions. Don't put all the blame on the city. I also walk the streets and drive in the city every day for the past 50 years without incident. The city, any city, can be dangerous. You, as a person/tourist, need to be aware of those dangers. ❤️ SF
@@CesarGonzalez-kt7vpYou probably vote democrat socialist party every time.
Amazing how people can come together and rebuild from ashes of a city to rebuild to make it better than before.
This is encouraging
Thank you for this it’s amazing how far we’ve came in 100 years
*and we sure did start with a bang ...with the Architecture and the shear size of them, AMAZING!!
Nice piece of SF history.
The fire chief had to be moved three times as the fire over took the city. He lived for three days until he was told the fires were out, it is said a smile came to his face as he passed away.
My mother's parents born 1894 and 1896 both survived this. Mom was born in S.F. in 1922. We are a tough bunch.
My great grandparents lived there. My grandmother was born there. They stayed until 1910 and moved to San Diego where I live. Nearly all of my family were born or lived much of our lives in Los Angeles. Natives...
If your parents and grandparents could see San Francisco now ... they would be saddened .
@@gardensofthegods oh that's too bad. What's changed?
@@2degucitas I trust your comment was in jest? San Francisco over the past several years has seen the burgeoning problem of homelessness as well as a rise of theft crimes among retailers.
The homelessness problem is not an easy fix, as many of them, including my brother, have mental issues with not being of sound mind; hence, they lacking reasoning skills; with generating a tremendous amount of troubles.
@@bayarea90s-tv46 Why would I jest when I don't live in S. F. ? It's a genuine question.
Thank you, this was wonderful. I had ancestors living there at the time and other ancestors visiting from Detroit, Michigan.
The 99yr old looks like he's from that era.He was born 1899 and he was 7yrs old in April 18,1906 and in 1998 he was 99yrs old telling what happened in San Francisco great earthquake.Hes dead now after this video.Also this 99yrs old was around before my grandfather(1921) and my dad(1941) was even born and also out lived both my grandfather and dad! My grandfather died in 1984 and my dad died at age 48yrs old in 1990 and that old man was still living to tell the story in 1998 about his life.That is amazing to me and I was alive while he told his story and in 1998 I was only 29yrs old at that time but this my first time seeing this old 99yrs old for the first time in my life in October 2022 at age 53yrs old now.Just unbelievable.
This is a wonderful program! I made my final pleasure and vacation trips to SFO just around the time and a little after this program was created. The city has become so nasty and unpleasant to be in that I will never visit it again unless required by work, commerce, or until it wishes to join in the spirit of American goodness and freedom again.
The tradition of corruption along with terminal incompetence are alive and while and burying this once great city.
A lot of beautiful "old world" buildings in this video!
SF was enormously wealthy at that time, thanks to the gold rush and Comstock lode ~50 years earlier. People had travelled to Europe and wanted to recreate what they'd seen on the other side of the Pond. They had the resources to bring in loads of craftsmen to construct impressive buildings.
European. Everything beautiful is European.
Wonderful documentary
I recall the annual earthquake anniversary in the 1960’s. Carrying survivors as honored guests
Gold and silver was used to keep the bank in operation during 1906 earthquake with one man courage who set up the first bank to help the people to rebuild there lives and businesses again.Amazing.
WOW..this is so good!!!
I have an old post card or phone book that shows there was a water feature in front of civic center dome
And I ask myself, when will James Cameron direct and produce a movie about the San Francisco earthquake, on the same scale as Titanic? The special effects alone would be breath taking with todays Cinematic technology. See San Francisco as it was in 1906. I predict it would surpass Titanic with the right cast.
Leonardo DiCaprio would make a convincing Mayor Eugene Schmitz and Jeremy Renner as the intrepid General Frederick Funston and perhaps cast Kristen Stewart as a romantic love interest to some fine young leading man yet to be reveled.
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Write a screenplay, because I do like your idea! 💡
Not Leonardo DiCaprio ... he doesn't look anything like that mayor ... just like you didn't look anything like Howard Hughes and I have a problem when the actor doesn't look like the person they are portraying .
He could play some other role in it ... or just be one of the producers .
@@gardensofthegods Agreed, Who would you suggest play the Mayor of San Francisco of 1906? You have to agree, the special effects would be off the charts, compared with 1997 Titanic.
That would be epic
With that being said, I don't know of any great actor that looks like the mayor Eugene Schmitz.
I was in San Francisco in the 19th century and in the tourney of the century I was in San Francisco on December 31st 1899 I am immortal I am Connor MacLeod of the clan MacLeod I was born in the highlands of Scotland I am Not Alone I fought in the American Revolution war I knew the Swamp Fox Colonel Marion the colonial Army
Aye drank deep of the kantharos? I don't know the particulars and would probably think twice before drinking of that cup, surely it fetters one to more than just life.
amazing and sad
I missed the whole part when the old guy was talking because the music was too fucking loud.
Alec Chase . . . Unfortunately, what you hear is what came across in the audio on the video that was recorded off-the-air on a VHS machine. I could do nothing with it.
The music is necessary for creating a feeling of drama and excitement. On a serious note, if you turn on closed captioning subtitles you'll be able to read what he's saying.
wow the paris of the pacific
@jluis90s . . . San Francisco was also referred to as "Baghdad by the Bay."
@@bayarea90s-tv46 for real?
It’s turning into the vacant shit hole of the Pacific
My Grandfather Thomas Olsen was shot and killed during the strike at the dock
Had a brand new city hall😂😂
I wonder what all these people from the 1900s would say if they were alive today and saw all the homeless and how literally their beautiful city has gone TO SHIT TODAY!
They'd probably say "welcome to The City - just as corrupt as it was in our day."
They would say stop being a Lil Bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SF is still a beautiful city. Every big city in the country has “gone to shit” to a certain degree.
@@Me97202 That's right...because of the -Demmunists- Democrats in charge.
@@Me97202 No. It was beautiful but unaffordable through the 90s... Perhaps the early 2000s. By say... 2018 or 2019 it was a place we were saying goodbye to. No more visiting or shopping. Now it's a filthy husk.
I would hate to live there during that time but I'm surprised they found a person from long ago.I would love to see it one day.Now there's talk of SF having a really big bad quake one of these days
You think itll happen within the next 20 years
@@franciscosamath12 In 20 years you and I may not be here but I would like to see what happens if this blasted virus don't wipe us out first
They even had tent cities and those people in those camps were rich people.
Really sad how remarkably bad San Francisco has gotten. Oakland used to just be where you didnt want to end up at nite. I wouldnt want to be in either any time.
not like a place on earth without gold. Looks deathly lately.
I believe my paternal grandfather was born the year of the earthquake.
What a terrifying event
Whenever you hear "plague" think corruption.
even back in the early 1900s governments didn't let a crisis go to waste then. 19:45
when u figure out gov cause all the crises give me a call "Crisis is the rallying cry of the Tyrant." James Madison.
only computers get viruses
humans are murdered by other humans
when did ggp have an island? 2:15
Strawberry Hill?
It is a shame the quality of this dub is so poor. I expect better from KRON, even in 1999.
@H.P. Oliver . . . This posted video wasn't from a studio dub, but was recorded over-the-air (I edited out the commercial spots), where TV reception issues, the quality of the VHS tape, and even the quality of the VCR were significant factors with what resulted in the visual quality of this YT presentation.
@@bayarea90s-tv46 🐐
@@bayarea90s-tv46 I appreciate your efforts.
Back in a time when life was LIFE, no technology, everyone knew each other, everyone was happy, ahhh, we need a time booth.
I left San Francisco when Dan White murdered the Mayor and Harvey. I never looked back. Forget California. It's not the place it once was.
Wow back when people gave a damn!!!
San Francisco seems to be “magical”. It’s hard to put a finger on it. But it’s different.
We knew this in 1967, hanging out near Haight-Ashbury. 🙂
Yes. From it's inception,it has been a ...... Magical?? Weird??? Interesting??? Intriguing??? Fascinating?? It seems to be in a " trend" or " crisis" about every 50 or so years ..
I lived there for 20 years until 2019,and have recently moved back ..
It's ... Something..
I
Oh phew, I thought the intro was by Pete Wilson “Pepe Wilson” Pete Wilson! Glad that didnt happen.
I didn't know that racism was that bad toward the Asian people before the quake.
Sadly it was.
Shocking
The rich and the poor became homeless in that earthquake.250,000 people were homeless including the rich.There money and power was worthless in that situation at the time.But later on they got helped from other countries and cities of course.
San Fran 🙏🔥✊
Wonderful content and presentation but - TERRIBLE visually - at only about 240p. It's a shame.
What?!??!?;!!!! That Mayoral scandal/ Graft thing!!!!😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 Woah...
👍👍
Funny all these old stone buildings up in flames?
The shells were stone but the interiors were almost all wood and other flammable materials. The destruction wasn't helped by the military using explosives to create firebreaks. I've read that it was effectively like a bombing and did more damage than the quake itself.
1906 earthquake and fire
And now destroyed again, beyond repair by a gang of do-gooders. No chance of repair to be seen.
Shut the fk. Up
Says a racist
And do badders could fix it
J Hendricks destroyed by stinky dirty homeless pooping and peeing all over the streets.
@@JoJo-dq8hz What was racist about it?
Compaq!
Now California is going down the toilet!
Look like San Francisco was hit by a Atomic hydrogen bomb that hit Japan Hiroshima on August 6 1945.
The quake ruptured both gas and water lines. The gas started fires but there was no H₂O to put them. The military was called in.to dynamite firebreaks. I've read that the dynamiting caused more destruction than the quake itself.
Bohemian grove
What about it?
@@-oiiio-3993 I don’t know the secrets of the Grove, but I do know this. Joaquin Miller, beloved poet of the Sierras was an honorary member of the Grove. He was an close associates with a man named William Walker also a writer and prominent resident of the city. William Walker led the filibuster enslavement of the Nicaraguans and Hondurans with funds raised by Joaquin Miller from prominent donors from the city. Joaquin Miller even published autobiographical poetry documenting these events. The Bohemian Club has a storied membership indeed.
@@hurdygurdyman3134 Their symbols adorn $50 commemorative gold coins struck for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
@@hurdygurdyman3134 Research the $50 gold commemorative coin issued for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
The Chinese....again, blamed for the plaque.
u might be a racist
People are stupid.
I’m so confused with pg&e when they name the Italian guy
@@marcellamarano9804 So true! Story is that he secretly loaded up the contents of the vault in a vegetable sellers wagon and got it out of town. He was able to reopen weeks before the other bankers. He also chartered ships, they loaded up with lumber in Seattle and brought back the lumber to start the rebuilding.
@@gardentreasures7319
Dang. He was a man of action. Very brave and quick thinking.
Giannini was a genius at dealing with people and at fair banking.
One wonders what he'd NOW think of what he gave rise-to.
Now a SH*T hole !
This ain't the effed up sf today, let's go back in time, the world is just awful today
tthe world is fine, its us humans that are ruining it
@@miker7532 not all of us, just the few at the top, masses are living humble lives, the 0.01% are pure evil
No covid that time
That was another 10 more years in 1920 when the Spanish flu pandemic started (the flu)
A people of horse and carriage cannot build like that. These people inherited the city after the reset. There’s absolutely no way those people built it. The architecture suggests it was already here. Research Tartaria.
Do you TartarSauce people all read from a script? Horses and buggies were personal transportation not construction equipment. Does a Corolla tell you anything about the tech that's used to build modern skyscrapers???
SF was one of the wealthiest cities in the US thanks to the gold rush and Comstock Lode. They had the $$$ to bring in armies of craftsmen to build houses and offices. They copied European styles to show that the US had "made it" and could equal what they'd seen on their travels abroad.
The 19th C. was only two or three lifetimes ago. It wasn't the Pleistocene. People weren't sitting in caves pounding [stuff] with rock hammers. They had *all kinds* of heavy-duty machinery like cranes, excavators, lifts, even drills - all powered by STEAM.
Research _actual_ history.
@@Poisson4147 Your propaganda machine won’t fool us anymore.
@@BeyondiMaginatioN-9
Evidence? If not, it's just the fable it's been shown to be.
Dude, my grandparents lived back then. My grandfather worked in construction and my great-uncle did electric systems. I guess they spent their retirements lying to all of us kids about what they did, and the tools I inherited are all clever fakes.
Suuuuuurre.
You believe idiotic fiction.
Research reality.
@@Poisson4147 The _"horse and buggy"_ line is straight from Jon Levi, an ersatz guru who dispenses nonsense to the terminally gullible for profit.
Why is just about every pandemic/epidemic blamed in Chinese? Is it living conditions, diet, genetic disposition? Maybe that should be researched!
Crack a book, viruses only exist in machines. They were murdered.
SF was as bad as Seattle and Chicago
But the south has always been the worse of the bunch. If you’re not the right color you’re gonna be hanged. Get it right. Uneducated inbreeding.
Rotten since the beginning
Too many chinese and blacks.
-said the racist from 1906