Fascinating: First Ever Dashcam Recording (1906)

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One of the channels we follow on YouTube, Global Leaks, posted this video a while back of what they claim to be the first ever dashcam recording. The recording is allegedly from early 1906 and takes us on a brief journey down what is also alleged to be Market Street in San Francisco.

Some viewers have commented that the footage had to be recorded before the Great San Francisco Earthquake, which basically leveled Market Street (photo below) in the early morning hours of April 18, 1906.

Whatever the case, the footage is remarkably clear for its time—much clearer than most grainy security camera footage today—and equally as fascinating to watch (at least to us).

https://youtu.be/3ktg75jLr5o

San Francisco’s Market Street After the Great San Francisco Earthquake on April 18, 1906

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