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The Birth of the Bay Bridge (Proclamation No. 1)

January 06, 2015 / John Lumea

On this day in 1872, the Pacific Appeal newspaper published the first of Emperor Norton's three Proclamations that year setting out the original vision for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

Here's how the Proclamation appeared on the front page, 143 years ago today:

EMPEROR NORTON'S FIRST BRIDGE PROCLAMATION | The Pacific Appeal, 6 January 1872.

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categories / Proclamations, Bay Bridge
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