Sunshine Skyway Bridge before and after

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Abstract/Description:	Color postcard. Publisher text on rear reads: "The BEFORE AND AFTER of the famous Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Eleven miles of bridge and causeway cressing Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg and Bradenton. Here is where a Coast Guard Cutter, on January 28, 1980, collided with a freighter capsizing the Coast Guard Cutter and sinking it killing 23 men aboard. Then, after being struck several times before, on the morning of May 9, 1980, it was hit by a freighter, knocking down the south bound span. One bus and several cars went down with it, killing 34 people."
Subject(s):	Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Fla.) Bridges architectural photographs Tampa Bay (Fla.) Tampa Bay (Fla.)--Bridges St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida

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Color postcard. Publisher text on rear reads: "The BEFORE AND AFTER of the famous Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Eleven miles of bridge and causeway cressing Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg and Bradenton. Here is where a Coast Guard Cutter, on January 28, 1980, collided with a freighter capsizing the Coast Guard Cutter and sinking it killing 23 men aboard. Then, after being struck several times before, on the morning of May 9, 1980, it was hit by a freighter, knocking down the south bound span. One bus and several cars went down with it, killing 34 people."

Subject(s):

Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Fla.)
Bridges
architectural photographs
Tampa Bay (Fla.)
Tampa Bay (Fla.)--Bridges
St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida

Title:	Sunshine Skyway Bridge before and after.
Name(s):	Brown, Tom, creator St. Pete Beach Public Library, contributor
Physical Form:	Postcard
Extent:	3 x 5 in.
Physical description:	Archival TIFF-Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0; 300 dpi; 24 bit
Abstract/Description:	Color postcard. Publisher text on rear reads: "The BEFORE AND AFTER of the famous Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Eleven miles of bridge and causeway cressing Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg and Bradenton. Here is where a Coast Guard Cutter, on January 28, 1980, collided with a freighter capsizing the Coast Guard Cutter and sinking it killing 23 men aboard. Then, after being struck several times before, on the morning of May 9, 1980, it was hit by a freighter, knocking down the south bound span. One bus and several cars went down with it, killing 34 people."
Identifier(s):	Migrated From: 1p15989coll10/id/17 (uri)
Subject(s):	Sunshine Skyway Bridge (Fla.) Bridges architectural photographs Tampa Bay (Fla.) Tampa Bay (Fla.)--Bridges St. Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida
Restrictions on Access:	This postcard is available for scholarly and research use only. Ownership is retained by the Gulf Beaches Historical Museum. Permission for use must be given by the owner.
In Collections:	St. Pete Beach Public Library