San Antonio College Library

"In Spanning the Gate the history of the most daring and beautiful bridge ever built is told at last. Stephen Cassady's powerful narrative is studded with stories told by the bridgeworkers themselves, the unflappable adventurers who gloried in the intensity and unpredictability of each moment. Nearly 125 photographs of bridge construction, many never published before, bring the Golden Gate project stunningly to life, as step by unbelievable step it...

Called one of the wonders of the modern world, the Golden Gate Bridge is a monument to technology. This program tells the story of Joseph Strauss, an engineering visionary who won the support necessary to create a masterpiece of design and function.

"Photographs capture the unique features and distinctive personalities of houses found throughout San Francisco."--

A photographic survey of the renovated and repainted Victorian houses restored to their place of pride by current owners and residents.

At 5:12 AM on the morning of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was struck by one of the worst earthquakes ever recorded, a disaster that instantly killed hundreds and leveled large sections of the city. The quake has become a watershed event in American history, yet with the passage of time its drama has overshadowed the even greater calamity to which it gave rise: the fires that broke out as the result of toppling chimneys, broken flues, and severed...