View of four sailors standing on rigging on bow of ship; one man, African American; on back of card, "Stiffler & Morgan, Longmont, Colo."; pencil note, "San Diego, Ranger Survey Ship"; ca. 1890.
Fingal, Riverside County, Sunset Limited train 1898
Here is another on of Mr Thomas Edison’s movie films, this time of The Sunset Llimited Southern Pacific Trains passing through Fingal, now a ghost town that was once a railroad construction site and site of the side track. One train is on a side track while another goes speeding by. We see many people hanging out the doors and windows waving at the camera. Some are in white coats, so it’s assumed they are porters or dinning staff.
Day at the beach in San Francisco, 1903
in Old Movies
A rare movie of people enjoying the beach below the old Cliff House. This is three years before the Great Earthquake and Fire. Other than the old Dutch windmill at Golden Gate Park, all the buildings pictured are gone.