Building the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge:
1933 - 1936
(2 of 10 photos)
Ground Breaking, Yerba Buena Island
July 9, 1933
California
Governor James Rolph, Jr., and former President Herbert Hoover, posed with Miss
Bay Bridge, Miss Prosperity, and young ladies representing Bay Area communities.
The ceremony was the first since leaving office in March 1932.
Construction of the bridge helped Northern California through the worst of the
depression.