Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/4/7/65
Title
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, California
Date(s)
- 13 Nov. 1936 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Postcard print
Context area
Name of creator
(15 September 1891-1 November 1973)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A postcard showing an aerial view of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opening, specifically looking toward San Francisco from the entrance of the Yerba Buena Island tunnel. The text side bears a 13 November 1936 postmark from San Francisco, stamped exactly one day after the bridge officially opened to the public on Thursday, 12 November 1936. A handwritten message from ‘The Collins Family’ to Father Urban Riordan OFM Cap. in Willits, California, mentions their excitement over ‘this wonderful bridge which was officially opened yesterday’.