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SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE spans the largest navigable body of water yet bridged. Total length including approaches is 8 1/4 miles. It is double-decked with six lanes for automobile traffic on upper deck, three for trucks and busses and two interurban tracks on lower deck. At night it is like a fairyland sky ride.
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, California
SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE spans the largest navigable body of water yet bridged. Total length including approaches is 8 1/4 miles. It is double-decked with six lanes for automobile traffic on upper deck, three for trucks and busses and two interurban tracks on lower deck. At night it is like a fairyland sky ride.
Publisher: Union Oil Co. of California (founded in 1890)
American
1948
Medium/Technique
Photochrome on card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.11321
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint. TOUR THE WEST THIS YEAR WITH 76 UNION GASOLINE
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A.
UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)