Lapham Quarterly

In the Kingdom of the Shadows

On April 14, 1906, some clever San Franciscan strapped a movie camera to the front platform of a cable car, and recorded the vehicle’s slow climb up Market Street. The footage is remarkable — one commenter wrote that watching the film is like looking through the window of a time machine.  But it’s even more … Read more

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