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Description
View 1 (2009-1059). McCurry no. 31963-5 -- View 2 (2009-1060). McCurry no. 31963-6. View of burro packtrain leaving Sutter's Fort for the opening celebration of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on November 12, 1936. Men seen are Jake Pfosi, Sr., M.E. Reed, and Jake Pfosi, Jr. A Sutter's Fort bastion and cannons are seen in the background. Photograph was taken on November 7, 1936. Also have negatives: 2009-1059, no. 3492a (4 x 5 in.); 2009-1060, no. 3492b (4 x 5 in.) Sacramento's contribution to the celebration of the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was the Progress of Transportation Pageant. The Pageant consisted of a different form of transportation leaving Sutter's Fort each day, traveling to San Francisco for the opening. Pageant was sponsored by the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photographic prints ; 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001393012CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-6363
Language
English
Subject
Cannons--California--Sacramento Celebrations--California--Sacramento Donkeys--California--Sacramento Forts & fortifications--California--Sacramento Packtrains--California--Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.)--Photographs Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, Calif.)--Photographs San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
Place
California Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.) Sutter's Fort (Sacramento, Calif.) San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Oakland and San Francisco, Calif.)
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