Young Donald A. Hall on Historic San Diego Bridge Balustrade (Circa 1923)

Young Donald A. Hall in a suit and flat tweed cap leaning against a concrete bridge balustrade in San Diego. — Young Donald A. Hall on Historic San Diego Bridge Balustrade (Circa 1923) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A vintage snapshot of Donald A. Hall Sr. as a young aeronautical engineer, captured leaning against the decorative cast-concrete balustrade of a bridge in San Diego, California. Dressed in a tailored wool suit, necktie, and a period tweed newsboy cap, Hall looks out over the canyon terrain toward hillside homes in the distance. The architectural details match the historic concrete viaducts of San Diego, documenting Hall's early residency in Southern California prior to designing the Spirit of St. Louis.