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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>'''
[[Image:soma1$bay-bridge-aerial-1935.jpg]]
'''Aerial view of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge under construction in 1935. The old [[Key System and March of Progress|Key System "mole"]] where trains met ferries is visible beneath the eastern span near top of photo.'''
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA''
[[Image:Bay-bridge-west-span-w-skyline-under-construction.jpg|720px]]
'''Bay Bridge west span under construction, 1935.'''
''Photo: Joseph Marty''
[[Image:628x471.jpg]]
'''Iconic image of bridge construction, 1935.'''
''Photo: Peter Stackpole, courtesy Oakland Museum of California''
[[Image:Bay-bridge-east-span-under-construction.jpg|720px]]
'''East span under construction, 1935.'''
''Photo: Joseph Marty''
[[Image:soma1$workers-on-bay-bridge-1935.jpg]]
[[Image:soma1$workers-on-bay-bridge-1935.jpg]]


'''Workers on the Bay Bridge in 1935.''' ''Photo: San Francisco History Room, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA''
'''Workers on the Bay Bridge in 1935.'''


Photographs of the Bay Bridge under construction in 1935 and in 1994.
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA''


[[Image:soma1$1994-bay-bridge-workers.jpg]]


'''Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.''' ''Photo: Rick Gerharter''
[[Image:Nov-12-1936-bay-bridge-dedication-w-pedestrians.jpg]]


[[Image:soma1$bay-bridge-aerial-1935.jpg]]
'''November 12, 1936, San Franciscan pedestrians enjoy the bridge on Opening Day.'''
 
[[Image:Opening day of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Nov 12 1936 AAD-2287.jpg]]
 
'''Opening Day of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, November 12, 1936.'''
 
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library''
 
 
[[Image:BRDGBASK.jpg]]
 
'''Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.'''
 
''Photo: Rick Gerharter''
 
[[Image:BRDGGIRD.jpg]]
 
'''Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.'''
 
''Photo: Rick Gerharter''
 
 
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/ssfBAYBRIDG" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
'''View of San Francisco and Bay Bridge from canoe, 1996.'''
 
''Video: Chris Carlsson''
 
<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/Bridging1937" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>}
 
'''A 1937 16'42" film sponsored by U.S. Steel about the building of the Bay Bridge'''
 
''Source: Prelinger Archives''
 
[[Rincon Hill label; Aerial 1939|South Park and Rincon Hill continues]]


'''Aerial view of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge under construction in 1935.''' ''Photo: San Francisco History Room, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA''
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 28 August 2014

Unfinished History

Soma1$bay-bridge-aerial-1935.jpg

Aerial view of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge under construction in 1935. The old Key System "mole" where trains met ferries is visible beneath the eastern span near top of photo.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA


Bay-bridge-west-span-w-skyline-under-construction.jpg

Bay Bridge west span under construction, 1935.

Photo: Joseph Marty


628x471.jpg

Iconic image of bridge construction, 1935.

Photo: Peter Stackpole, courtesy Oakland Museum of California


Bay-bridge-east-span-under-construction.jpg

East span under construction, 1935.

Photo: Joseph Marty


Soma1$workers-on-bay-bridge-1935.jpg

Workers on the Bay Bridge in 1935.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA


Nov-12-1936-bay-bridge-dedication-w-pedestrians.jpg

November 12, 1936, San Franciscan pedestrians enjoy the bridge on Opening Day.

Opening day of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Nov 12 1936 AAD-2287.jpg

Opening Day of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, November 12, 1936.

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library


BRDGBASK.jpg

Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.

Photo: Rick Gerharter

BRDGGIRD.jpg

Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.

Photo: Rick Gerharter


<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/ssfBAYBRIDG" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>

View of San Francisco and Bay Bridge from canoe, 1996.

Video: Chris Carlsson

<iframe src="https://archive.org/embed/Bridging1937" width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>}

A 1937 16'42" film sponsored by U.S. Steel about the building of the Bay Bridge

Source: Prelinger Archives

South Park and Rincon Hill continues

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