Contains 970 photos
Exterior of Fort Point looking west towards arch over fort. Sign at right reads 'Storeroom John A. Roebling's Sons Co.' (Probably taken between October 1935 and May 1936 during spinning of Golden Gate Bridge cables, performed by the Roebling Co. Note large cable spool at left.)
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View northwest towards Golden Gate Bridge construction
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View north toward Palace of Fine Arts. Residences along Lyon Street at right.
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Presidio. Looking east from Lincoln Blvd. over landing field
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Martin B-10 bombers flying over Presidio. [Bombers over Crissey (sic) Field, California.] Aerial of Presidio.
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Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz, ferryboats.
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Bridge under construction. Safety net underneath car deck. Viewed from Presidio, near Fort Scott Mine Wharf. Vehicles in foreground are parked on present Marine Drive.
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View north from Bakers Beach to Golden Gate Bridge under construction.
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An empty roadway but for a couple of cars, probably prior to opening day. Note temporary structure on roadway.
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Golden Gate Bridge 'pedestrian day.' Man holding cap standing in roadway in front of tower.
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Pedestrian Day. Some of the estimated 200,000 people to cross the Bridge on opening day.
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Participants from "The Span of Gold - A Pageant of the Golden Gate Bridge" wearing traditional Spanish dresses.
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Golden Gate Bridge dedication ceremonies. Parade in front of temporary stage erected on Crissy Field for festivities.
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Pedestrian Day, people in Mexican and cowboy costumes posing on bridge deck.
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Pedestrian Day. View from the South Tower, looking south at crowds and nearing the Toll Plaza.
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An estimated 200,000 people paid $0.25 to be the first to cross the bridge on Pedestrian Day.
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Towers almost complete; Fort Point in middle distance; looking north from Battery Lancaster.
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Toll Plaza. Following Pedestrian Day, the Bridge was opened to automobiles and tolls collected to repay the cost of Bridge construction. A Golden Gate Bridge toll taker collecting toll from automobile displaying 'SF Call Bulletin' placard on dashboard.
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Toll taker at plaza. President Franklin Rosevelt ceremonially opened the Bridge to vehicular traffic by pressing a telegraph key.
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Girls in Spanish dresses at the grandstand on Crissy Field. Opening Festivities.
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