Title supplied by cataloger. The Colorado Street Bridge was designed and built in 1913 by the Kansas City (MO)-based firm of J.A.L. Waddell. With a span of 1,486 feet and known for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, lights, and railings, the bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Photograph caption dated May 11, 1953 reads, "Scene Of Arroyo Seco Bridge Death Leap - Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge, once noted for its suicide plunges, was the scene of a new death leap today. Despondent after a Mother's Day reunion with his family, Edward Ayala, 39, of 805 Avenue 60, plunged into the Arroyo Seco along course of broken line, police reported."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks Arch bridges--California--Pasadena Suicide--California--Pasadena Bridges--California--Pasadena Colorado Street Bridge (Pasadena, Calif.) Pasadena (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Waddell, J. A. L.(John Alexander Low),1854-1938
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