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''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA''
''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, CA''
[[Image:Aerial 1935 Bay Bridge construction visible wnp37.10060.jpg|792px]]
'''1935 aerial view of Bay Bridge under construction, with on and off ramps being built to 5th Street between Harrison and Bryant.'''
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp37.10060''
[[Image:SOMA aerial 1936 wnp27.5565.jpg|792px]]
'''1936 aerial with the new on and off ramps for the Bay Bridge clearly visible at 5th Street between Harrison and Bryant.'''
''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.5565''




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''Source: Prelinger Archives''
''Source: Prelinger Archives''


[[Rincon Hill label; Aerial 1939|South Park and Rincon Hill continues]]
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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 under construction, 1935.

Photo: Joseph Marty


Iconic image of bridge construction, 1935.

Photo: Peter Stackpole, courtesy Oakland Museum of California


East span under construction, 1935.

Photo: Joseph Marty


Workers on the Bay Bridge in 1935.

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

1935 aerial view of Bay Bridge under construction, with on and off ramps being built to 5th Street between Harrison and Bryant.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp37.10060

1936 aerial with the new on and off ramps for the Bay Bridge clearly visible at 5th Street between Harrison and Bryant.

Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp27.5565


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

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

Photo: San Francisco History Center, SF Public Library


Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.

Photo: Rick Gerharter

Maintenance workers hang precariously over bay in 1994.

Photo: Rick Gerharter

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

Video: Chris Carlsson

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

Source: Prelinger Archives

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