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2011.68.68

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Bridgeworkers on San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge

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Artist

Acme Photographer

Title

Bridgeworkers on San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge

Creation Date

11/17/1934

Century

mid-20th century

Classification

Photographs

Creation Place

North America, United States, California

Medium and Support

gelatin silver print

Credit Line

Gift of Isaac Lagnado, Class of 1971

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

2011.68.68

High above the water of San Francisco Bay, men work to piece together sections of steel on the Bay Bridge. Although bridges literally function as an efficient solution to connect two places, this photograph also showcases the sense of pride people felt in undertaking such a colossal project. Built in the midst of the Great Depression, the bridge demonstrated the heights that American hard work and ingenuity could achieve. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that on the bridge’s opening day there was “the greatest traffic jam in the history of San Francisco, a dozen old-fashioned New Year’s eves thrown into one.”