| Photo Id# |
AAD-1634 |
| Title |
[View of the Golden Gate Bridge after an accident occurred in which ten construction workers were killed when a work platform collapsed and ripped through a safety net] [graphic]. |
| Date |
1937 Feb. 17. |
| Description |
1 photographic print: b&w. |
| Location |
Folder: S.F. Bridges-Golden Gate-Construction-Safety Nets-Disaster.
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| Reproduction Rights |
Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. www.sfpl.org/permissions.
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| Notes |
On back: "124051-----WATCH YOUR CREDIT-----INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS--SAN FRANCISCO BUREAU. SLUG (GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE NET CRASH) SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA... TEN WORKMEN PLUNGED 250 FEET TO THEIR DEATHS TODAY FROM THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, WHEN A TRAVELING SCAFFOLD COLLAPSED AND RIPPED DOWN THE PROTECTIVE SAFETY NET. ONE BODY WAS RECOVERED, THE OTHERS WERE SOUGHT BY SEARCH PARTIES IN BOATS AND PLANES. TWO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREW, WHO PLUNGED WITH A TEN TON SCAFFOLDING AND SAFETY NET INTO THE WATER, WERE RESCUED. THEY ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED. TWELVE MEN FELL WITH THE DEBRIS AND NET." |
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On back (continued): "THE TRAGEDY, FIRST MAJOR ACCIDENT ON THE $35,000,000 STRUCTURE IN WHICH WORKMEN HAVE FALLEN TO THE WATER, CAME WHEN SCAFFOLDING, USED TO STRIP PAVING FORMS FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE FLOOR, COLLAPSED. TAKEN FROM THE FLOOR OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE SAFETY NET AS IT CAME TO REST. NOTE THE BROKEN METAL RINGS ATTACHED TO THE CABLE AND THE BOAT SEARCHING FOR SURVIVORS OF THE TRAGEDY. ALL BUREAUS--LIST A-C-D-(C) 2-17-37" |
| Copy Negative |
Negative #3699. |
| Subject |
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Photographs.
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Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, Calif.)
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Bridge construction -- California -- San Francisco Bay.
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Safety equipment.
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| Series |
San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
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| Source |
San Francisco Call Bulletin.
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San Francisco News-Call Bulletin.
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| Collection Name |
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
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