Timeline

1913

Born in San Francisco, CA.

1923

Attended the Ecole Alsacciene in Paris, France.

1936

Became one of Life Magazine's original staff photographers.

1954

Won a George Polk Memorial Award for news photography.

1991

A fire at his home in Oakland, California, destroyed most of his negatives. Friends said that Mr. Stackpole had less than 20 minutes to save what he could and managed to salvage only the work that established his career, the building of San Francisco's great bridges.

1997

Died.