PAUL FORESTER (DATES UNKNOWN) SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND BAY BRI

Sale 2196 - Lot 146

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PAUL FORESTER (DATES UNKNOWN) SAN FRANCISCO / OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE CELEBRATION. 1936.
40x27 7/8 inches, 101 1/2x71 cm. Security Lithograph Co., San Francisco.
Condition B+: losses and tears at edges; creases and staining in margins and image. Paper.
The eight and one-quarter mile long Bay Bridge in San Francisco opened for traffic on November 12, 1936, three years after construction began. The four-day celebration that accompanied the opening was an enormous and impressive social undertaking, worthy of the unparalleled engineering feat. The festivities included speeches by such dignitaries as former President Herbert Hoover, parades, military pageants, football games, river boat races, a massed flight of Navy aircraft, a yacht regatta and much more. This image was also used on the cover of the official program. This is the rarer, large format.

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"San Francisco Celebrates!" The rejoicing is more than a tribute to the brains and brawn that went into this vast undertaking. It is more than a tribute to the engineering wonder of this decade. We celebrate a monument to the indomitable and undying spirit of the West" (Official Program, San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge Celebration, p. 2). Depicted also is San Francisco's Ferry Terminal, a building rendered virtually obsolete when the new bridge opened.