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Photographs of San Francisco and other California locations, PC 007
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Folder 1

Golden Gate Bridge 1935-1937

 

Golden Gate Bridge from the Sausalito Ferry 1936

 

San Francisco tower, beginning of construction on Golden Gate Bridge 1935

 

Marin tower under construction on Golden Gate Bridge 1935

 

Golden Gate Bridge, showing catwalks for cable construction 1936

 

Curt Haw inspects Golden Gate Bridge 1937

 

Navy plane flies under Golden Gate Bridge, opening day 1937 May 28

 

Golden Gate Bridge, south tower and shadow, opening night 1937 May

Folder 2

Northern California, miscellaneous 1931-1941

 

California’s Redwood Highway 1938

 

Redwood Highway U.S. 101 near Dyerville, Calif. undated

 

Standard Oil executive Bruce Holmes and friend, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park undated

 

Mt. Lassen where Bumpas Hell Trail meets the loop highway 1931

 

Stump House, Eureka 1941 February

 

Jumping Frog Jubilee, Utica Park, Angels Camp undated

 

Mother Lode miners 1934

 

Along the San Mateo shore 1937

 

Resting and rusting river steamers, Port Stockton 1938

 

Mt. Diablo when the tule fog blanketed surrounding area 1938

 

Sacramento Valley, taken from a plane 1938 October

 

Moffett Field Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale 1933 April 12

 

U.S.S. Macon over Sunnyvale [Moffett Field] 1934

Folder 3

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 1933-1938

 

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge bid opening, Assembly Chambers, Sacramento 1933

 

Night photo of Bay Bridge tower and central anchorage under construction undated

 

Central anchorage and towers, S.F.-Oakland Bridge 1934 August

 

U.S. fleet at anchor beyond the Bay Bridge 1936

 

Night preview, cantilever section of S.F.-Oakland Bay Bridge, 1936 October

 

Bay Bridge 1936

 

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge 1938

 

Bay Bridge central anchorage and Pier W3 with naval vessels undated

 

Bay Bridge 1938

 

San Francisco from tower of Bay Bridge 1936 October

 

Auto ferry Stockton thru Bay Bridge catwalk 1935

 

Bay Bridge catwalk and cables 1935 July

 

Aerial photo of South Tower, Bay Bridge circa 1935

Folder 4

San Francisco, miscellaneous 1936-1948

 

The end of San Francisco’s ferry boat era 1936

 

War housing rally, 50 Post St. San Francisco 1943 January 25

 

Palace of Fine Arts 1937

 

Dutch windmill, Golden Gate Park South Drive undated

 

Construction of S.F. Pier inside fender wall circa 1934

 

Standard Oil Company’s float, Portola Night Parade 1948 October

 

Aerial photo of S.F. Marina District 1930s

Folder 5

San Francisco Bay Area 1930-1947

 

Portola Discovery Site, Sweeney Ridge 1947 September 29

 

First clipper passengers to land on S.F. Bay--from China Clipper at Alameda 1935 November 11

 

Air ferry “Stanford” at Vallejo terminal opposite Mare Island 1930

Folder 6

Ships 1939-1963, undated

 

U.S.S. Ranger, San Francisco 1963

 

U.S.S. Saratoga, Treasure Island 1939

 

Ohioan shipwrecked at Land’s End undated

 

Tanker ready for launching, Marinship, Sausalito undated

Folder 7

Southern California 1935-1941

 

Bakersfield, Kern County, wildflower fields circa 1941

 

California Tower, San Diego Fair 1935

 

California Tower in the California Pacific International Exposition, San Diego 1935

Folder 8

Treasure Island/Golden Gate International Exposition 1936-1940

 

The start of Treasure Island 1936 February

 

In a heavy rain Mayor Rossi cuts ribbon on U.S. Army dredger pumping first sand for Treasure Island 1936 February

 

Treasure Isle from Telegraph Hill 1938

 

In the spring of 1936 from Telegraph Hill we see the start of Treasure Island and the Bay Bridge under construction 1936

 

Pan American clipper takes off from Treasure Island 1940

 

Sally Rand’s Nude Ranch, Treasure Island 1939

 

California Auditorium, Treasure Island 1939

 

Mary Pickford and Pacifica 1939 February

 

President Roosevelt inspects Treasure Island, 1938 July

 

First clipper lands in Treasure Island’s Port of Trade Winds 1938

 

Towers of the East, Arch of Triumph, and Tower of the Sun from Lake of Nations 1939

 

Tower of the Sun from Court of Reflection, Treasure Island 1939

 

Phantom Arches Fountain, Tower of the Sun, Court of the Moon, Treasure Island 1939

 

Towers of the East, Japanese Building and Tower of the Sun, from Lake of Nations 1939

 

Flag finale (at dress rehearsal) of Billy Rose’s Aquacade, Treasure Island undated

 

Wendell L. Willkie, Court of Seven Seas, Treasure Island 1940 September 21

 

First blimp landing, Yerba Buena Shoals (Treasure Island) 1936

Folder 9

Yosemite, Tahoe, Mt. Shasta 1933-1940

 

Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite, from UAL-NBC broadcast plane 1937 June

 

Yosemite from Wawona Tunnel portal 1933

 

Yosemite in winter from Wawona Highway 1934

 

Movie set--Rubicon Point--Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe 1936

 

Carole Lombard helps open Lake Tahoe’s Rim of the Lake Drive 1933

 

Mt. Shasta and wartime Southern Pacific oil train undated

 

First moonlight photo ever made from moving plane, Mt. Shasta, Calif. 1940 August