Before it opened on May 27th, 1937, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge naturally had to be built. At over 8,900 feet long, with a main span of over 4,200 feet, it took some major hoons to do so. Here, on the downward slope of the main cables from the north tower, one such hoon stands and perhaps contemplates the transience of life. Or maybe he’s just crapping his pants.
Image source: [Imgur.com]
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dead_elvis says:But I'm right on time for amateur hour, re: posting images.
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/fingers crossed
Mark Goddard says:I'm in Sydney, is that pic looking north or south?
PapayaSF says:South. That's San Francisco, but most of what you're seeing is the Presidio, an Army base at the time, now largely a park. The buildings beyond it on the right are in the Richmond and Sunset, largely residential. Downtown and many San Francisco sights (North Beach, Chinatown, cable cars, the Tenderloin, etc.) are two-three miles out of frame on the left.
So from this view, not as much has changed as you might think.
20 years ago a friend of friend worked for the Golden Gate Bridge District, and give me and my girlfriend a private tour. We walked out to the base of the south tower and he opened a battleship-style steel door while other passersby gawked at us. Then up a small elevator to the very top, where there's little walkway. Quite a view and quite a thrill.
dukeisduke says:Robert, do you know the source of that photo?
dukeisduke says:Okay, here's an original source (with the tinted picture as well. It was apparently taken in 1935:
http://www.sfimages.com/history/GoldenGateBridge….
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Geez that gives me the willies… (reaches down and touches the floor)
Amazing how much the place has changed since then.
If he was a real man he'd be on roller skates. Wimp.
I thought something of this vintage would be in black and white. It is awesome in color, though.
Actually, I think it's been tinted or colorized. I'll have to see if I can find the original.
Not sure about the late 30's, but color photography did exist during WWII. It was just uncommon and prohibitively expensive. I would tend to agree that it has been colorized, but would not be surprised if it was a color photo. The exposure looks a little strange, like it might be an early color shot.
Hell, color photography existed in the 19th century. And Kodachrome came out in '36 or thereabouts. But this one definitely looks tinted. (I can tell from the pixels, and by having seen quite a few tints in my day…)
The color film back in the '40s (during the war, anyway) had to be sent to Kodak in Rochester, as they were the only ones with the equipment to process it.
I know I'm a little late to this party, but this just seems to explain perfectly ;->
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