[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Platform on Bridge Deck]
Description:
Photograph of the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge over the Red River on its opening day, with a wooden platform built along the wooden guardrails along the side of the bridge. People are standing on the platform and looking out alongside a metal sign with an American flag flying above and the banks of the Red River visible below. The ceremony here may be the inauguration of the bridge. Written on the back of the photograph: "ISABEL MOOR WHEELER, Breaking Beech."
Date:
1927
Location:
33.753913 -96.196776
Partner:
Fannin County Museum of History