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10. The Bridge is Dedicated! - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of November 12, 1936 as the toll plaza officially opened. Pedestrians were not allowed to walk on the bridge, but 5000 San Franciscans walked onto the bridge, creating a massive traffic jam. While it was open, the bridge was not yet finished, as tracks for interurban electric tracks still had to be installed on the lower deck. This postcard was made to commemorate the 50 year anniversiary of the bridge, started in 1933 ...

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116 Cascade Drive, 1992 - Print, Photographic

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16 Buena Vista Avenue, circa 1963 - Print, Photographic

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1. Remembering 1936 - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the midst of its construction. It was made to commemorate the 50 year anniversiary of the bridge, started in 1933 and finished in 1936. Number 1 of a 10 postcard limited edition set.

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2 El Capitan - Concrete walls during construction, circa 1914 - Print, Photographic

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2. Ground Breaking, Yerba Buena Island - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of Govenor James Rolph Jr., and former President Herbert Hoover, along with Miss Bay Bridge, Miss Prosperity and a collection of ladies representing Bay Area communties at the ground breaking of Yerba Buena Island on July 9, 1933. The postcard was made to commemorate the 50 year anniversiary of the bridge, started in 1933 and finished in 1936. Number 2 of a 10 postcard limited edition set.

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3. Tower W2, April 24, 1934 - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of the first steel tower, at the end of Pier 24, San Francisco, with the SS President Harrison of the Dollar Lines, now APL, below it. On the right, the Matson liner Mariposa is at the dock. There are a few tar paper shacks on the left of Rincon Hill. Photo was taken near the site of the present Union Oil Co. building at First & Harrison. This postcard was made to commemorate the 50 year anniversiary of the bridge, started ...

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438 Edgewood Avenue under construction circa 1950 - Print, Photographic

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4. Bridge Builders on Tower W3 - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of two workers on Tower W3, in 1934. Behind it, nthe Russ Bldg, Shell and Cheveron buildings are visible as well as the Ferry building and the produce district. This postcard was made to commemorate the 50 year anniversiary of the bridge, started in 1933 and finished in 1936. Number 4 of a 10 postcard limited edition set.

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5. Fleets in, May 1, 1935 - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of twelve battleships, including the Arizona, 18 destroyers, and two aircraft carriers in the middle of the bay. The Saratoga is at the far left. Photo was taken by workers on the West Bay Towers. This postcard was made to commemorate the 50 year anniversiary of the bridge, started in 1933 and finished in 1936. Number 5 of a 10 postcard limited edition set.

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6. Cable Spinning, 1935 - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of spinning the cables, each containing 17, 464 wires compressed to a diameter of 28 inches, between the four towers of the West Bay Crossing (San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island). This process was started on July 6, 1935. This postcard was made to commemorate the 50 year anniversiary of the bridge, started in 1933 and finished in 1936. Number 6 of a 10 postcard limited edition set.

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84 Cascade Drive, 2006 - Print, Photographic

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8. Closing the Cantilever - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of "closing the cantilever" of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge. The Bay Bridge is a cantilever bridge, which means that only end of the bridge is anchored, with the other end projected horizonatally into space. The Chief Engineer, C.H. Purcell, once wrote that the closing of the 1400 foot cantilever was probably the most ticklish job he faced. It was the longest and heaviest cantilver built at the time. Traveling derri...

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9. Lifting Deck Steel - Postcards

Postcard shows a photo of the steel deck of the bridge being lifted from barges in the bay and hoisted to the suspending cables, on January 5, 1936. The decking was completed to Yerba Buena Island three months later. Its two levels enclosed an area 58 feet wide and 76 feet high. This postcard was made to commemorate the 50 year anniversiary of the bridge, started in 1933 and finished in 1936. Number 9 of a 10 postcard limited edition set.

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