One hundred years ago the world moved more slowly, its streets bustling with crowds of the carefree. Public transport was the norm and cyclists found themselves faster than anyone else. Children frolicked in the streets without the shadow of their worried parents and yet, in an instant, every adult around them enjoyed the same respect. And the best part of all; Everyone wore a hat.
YouTube user cleaverb:
The first track from Airs’ Moon Safari album, accompanied by scenes from a video shot from a streetcar traveling down Market Street in San Francisco in 1905. Before the earthquake/fire of 1906 destroyed the area. Remarkable footage of the turn of the century lifestyles in California.”
It’s humbling that the world can change so much in one century, and even more so that, as one YouTube commenter put it:
Everyone in that video is dead!