I have a photo of my grandmother and her friends on the Golden Gate Bridge the day it opened. (My grandmother experienced the Great Earthquake of 1906 as well). For more than a decade, I commuted across the bridge to work. We’ve walked across it too, on previous anniversary celebrations. We also brought our son home from the hospital across the Golden Gate Bridge in his new car seat. The Bridge remains a wonder to behold, offering lasting memories. Happy Birthday!
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My dad was on the bridge the day they opened it up for the public. Here is a photo of that day.
http://americahurrah.com/GoldenGateBridge/9-OpeningDay.htm
My mom’s dad was a steel worker who worked on the GGB as well.
Nice Ben. Thanks for sharing the photographs of that historical day!
One of my favorite historians Steve Cottrell has forwarded this link, a guide to San Francisco when the Golden Gate Bridge opened in 1937. Check it out, a real gem: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/a-guide-to-san-francisco-in-1937-when-the-golden-gate-bridge-opened/257722/?google_editors_picks=true
BTW, I ordered this book on the weekend and look forward to reading it:
Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge
If one has not read Kevin Starr’s multi-volume history of California, it is well worth the read.
I was there in 1987, at the 50th Anniversary, when the bridge flattened. Very scary.