Animated Stereoscopic Photo of an Independence Day Parade in San Francisco, California (1862)

Animated stereoscopic photograph with close-ups of an Independence Day parade on Dupont Street in San Francisco, California, taken on July 4, 1862. Taken by photographer Carleton Watkins.
Source: J. Paul Getty Museum,
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Your videos are quite literally the closest thing we will ever get to a time machine.

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This was the last known Independence Day Parade in San Fran too.

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Does any one else find it interesting that in less than 15 years, the "49er miners" were able to build a church like that?

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Advancement happens fast. Do you know what building that is?

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Advancement happens fast. Do you know what building that is?

[@SStupendous]

Advancement happens fast. Do you know what building that is?

[@SStupendous]

Advancement happens fast. Do you know what building that is?