Golden Gate Bridge
Toll taker at plaza. President Franklin Rosevelt ceremonially opened the Bridge to vehicular traffic by pressing a telegraph key.
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Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
Girls in Spanish dresses at the grandstand on Crissy Field. Opening Festivities.
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Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
One of the several military battalions marching past the Crissy Field viewing stands. Opening Festivities.
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Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
'Marvelous Marin' float featuring Sir Francis Drake passes the review stands on Crissy Field.
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Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
California Oil Industries float passes stage and review stands on Crissy Field. Golden Gate Bridge in distance.
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Opening festivities. US Navy warships steam under the bridge and into the Bay.
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Pedestrian Day. Florentine Calegeri, a houseman from the Palace Hotel, has the distinction of being the first to walk across the Bridge and back on stilts.
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Kilt band parading past review stand and stage on Crissy Field, Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta Parade
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The Boy Scouts Scottish Drum Corps parade near Crissy Field.
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Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
After the politicians and the military, the bridge workers were next to lead the parade, seen here by the reviewing stands at Crissy Field.
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Pedestrian Day. View from the South Tower of the many pedestrians crossing the Bridge on opening day.
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Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
3 men working with sledge hammer near review stands and stage on Crissy Field.
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Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta
Army cavalry unit passing stage and review stands on Crissy Field. Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta Parade. (Negative deteriorating.)
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Toll collector in uniform collecting toll from driver of car. Sign in windshield reads 'Call Bulletin.' Crowd in background.
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Toll Booth construction. View south. Maintenance building at right.
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