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Center for Creative Photography

San Francisco Bay Bridge

From a tower top, out on a cross beam

From a tower top, out on a cross beam
ID number: 
98.38.63
Maker: 
Peter Stackpole
Date: 
1934-1936, 1935
Credit line: 
Peter Stackpole Archive/Gift of the Stackpole Family
Copyright: 
©Peter Stackpole
Keywords: 
architectural elements bays (bodies of water) boats bodies of water bridge construction bridges cables vessels water
Subject - proper nouns: 
San Francisco Bay Bridge

From Tower W2, a finished cable can be seen; it remains only to be wrapped and pressed into a perfect circle

From Tower W2, a finished cable can be seen; it remains only to be wrapped and pressed into a perfect circle
ID number: 
98.38.53
Maker: 
Peter Stackpole
Date: 
1934-1936, 1935
Credit line: 
Peter Stackpole Archive/Gift of the Stackpole Family
Copyright: 
©Peter Stackpole
Keywords: 
architectural elements bays (bodies of water) bodies of water bridge construction bridges cables structural frames water
Subject - proper nouns: 
San Francisco Bay Bridge

Uncompleted Bridge with Docks

Uncompleted Bridge with Docks
ID number: 
98.38.55
Maker: 
Peter Stackpole
Date: 
1934-1936, 1935
Credit line: 
Peter Stackpole Archive/Gift of the Stackpole Family
Copyright: 
©Peter Stackpole
Keywords: 
architectural elements bays (bodies of water) bodies of water bridge construction bridges piers & wharves structural frames towers
Subject - proper nouns: 
San Francisco Bay Bridge

View from a ferry boat passing on the north side; to the left is the center anchorage

View from a ferry boat passing on the north side; to the left is the center anchorage
ID number: 
98.38.51
Maker: 
Peter Stackpole
Date: 
1934-1936, 1935
Credit line: 
Peter Stackpole Archive/Gift of the Stackpole Family
Copyright: 
©Peter Stackpole
Keywords: 
architectural elements bays (bodies of water) boats bodies of water bridges ferries mass transit men pylons structural frames vessels
Subject - proper nouns: 
San Francisco Bay Bridge

Removing empty spool during cable spinning

Removing empty spool during cable spinning
ID number: 
98.38.50
Maker: 
Peter Stackpole
Date: 
1934-1936, 1935
Credit line: 
Peter Stackpole Archive/Gift of the Stackpole Family
Copyright: 
©Peter Stackpole
Keywords: 
architectural elements bridge construction bridges cables laborers men structural frames
Subject - proper nouns: 
San Francisco Bay Bridge

On a work platform at a cross beam connection, a bridgeman heats a supply of rivets

On a work platform at a cross beam connection, a bridgeman heats a supply of rivets
ID number: 
98.38.47
Maker: 
Peter Stackpole
Date: 
1934-1936, 1935
Credit line: 
Peter Stackpole Archive/Gift of the Stackpole Family
Copyright: 
©Peter Stackpole
Keywords: 
architectural elements bays (bodies of water) bodies of water bridge construction bridges cables laborers men structural frames water
Subject - proper nouns: 
San Francisco Bay Bridge

Bridgemen completing the assembly of the hammerhead derrick

Bridgemen completing the assembly of the hammerhead derrick
ID number: 
98.38.48
Maker: 
Peter Stackpole
Date: 
1934-1936, 1935
Credit line: 
Peter Stackpole Archive/Gift of the Stackpole Family
Copyright: 
©Peter Stackpole
Keywords: 
architectural elements bridge construction bridges laborers men structural frames texts
Subject - proper nouns: 
San Francisco Bay Bridge

Bridgeman in skip box waits while final rivets are placed in the tower top

Bridgeman in skip box waits while final rivets are placed in the tower top
ID number: 
98.38.49
Maker: 
Peter Stackpole
Date: 
1934-1936, 1935
Credit line: 
Peter Stackpole Archive/Gift of the Stackpole Family
Copyright: 
©Peter Stackpole
Keywords: 
architectural elements bays (bodies of water) bodies of water bridge construction bridges cables laborers men structural frames water
Subject - proper nouns: 
San Francisco Bay Bridge
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