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Strauss' detractors blocked a statue of the chief engineer proposed for the bridge plaza; his widow would eventually fund its creation in 1941, inscribing it, "Joseph B. Strauss, 1870-1938 ...
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Golden Gate Bridge painted like a McDonald’s? Archive find reveals a radical color schemeThe myth of the Golden Gate Bridge color scheme is well told. Chief engineer Joseph B. Strauss didn’t want another gray bridge in San Francisco. After some drama with the Navy (that wanted ...
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The Golden Gate Bridge Was a Dream That Turned Into a Depression-Era Nightmare for the 11 Men Who Died During Its ConstructionOne engineer, though, believed in the project from the start: Joseph B. Strauss, who told O’Shaughnessy it could be built for ...
Iconic America: Our Symbols and Stories with David Rubenstein is a production of Show of Force, DMR Productions, and WETA Washington, D.C. David M. Rubenstein is the host and executive producer.
Joseph Strauss, well known as a former attache of the Police Department, and as one of the founders and former President of the Societe Alsaicenne-Lorranie, committed suicide yesterdaymorning at ...
Strauss' detractors blocked a statue of the chief engineer proposed for the bridge plaza; his widow would eventually fund its creation in 1941, inscribing it, "Joseph B. Strauss, 1870-1938 ...
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