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Metadata
Title |
San Mateo Bridge |
Object Name |
Photograph, Black-and-White |
Description |
San Mateo Bridge, January 26, 1029. Black and white photographs by C P Moss show construction of the San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge (also referred to as the San Mateo Bridge and later the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge). The images were taken from a vessel on San Francisco Bay when the lift span was floated to the project site. 2025.003.001 - "San Mateo Bridge - 26th January, 1929 / Floating Lift Span to Piers - / Big Coyote Point in left background - / Three miles distant" 2025.003.002 - "San Mateo Bridge - 26th January '29" 2025.003.003 - "San Mateo Bridge - 26th January '29 / Floating Lift Span to Piers from / South San Francisco" 2025.003.004 - "San Mateo Bridge - 26th January, 1929 / Floating in Lift Span / Supported by 12 x 12 timbers just piled / on scows - They can be used again / commercially - note - being towed by single tug with a line of a 'bridle' / attached to each scow - / Sl[??]es not attached to span - " 2025.003.005 - "San Mateo Bridge - 26th Jan. 1929 / Floating in Lift Span" 2025.003.006 - "San Mateo Bridge - 26th Jan 1929 / Floating in Lift Span / Compliments of / CP Moss / Asst. Res. Engineer" |
Date |
January 26, 1929 |
Photographer |
Moss, C. P. |
Studio |
n/a |
Processing Method |
Gelatin Silver Print |
Catalog Number |
2025.003 |
Dimension Details |
3.5 x 5.75 inches |
Collection |
Archival - Photographs |
Place |
San Francisco Bay |
Inscriptions |
"D 8" (stamped in blue ink on back of all photographs); sequencial numbers written on each photograph at top center in black ink from 1 to 6. |
Provenance |
Photographs taken by C. P. Moss, Assistant Resident Engineer, on January 26, 1929. They were sent to E. L. Macdonald, then to his niece Louis Hand. |
Search Terms |
Coyote Point San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge San Mateo Bridge San Mateo - Hayward Bridge |
Subjects |
Bridge construction |
Copyright |
Copyright Not Evaluated |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Lois M. Hand |