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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Newsreel Footage of San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939A newsreel feature on the Golden Gate International Exposition, held in San Francisco in 1939 and 1940. According to Wikipedia: The Golden Gate International Exposition (1939 and 1940), held at San Francisco, California's Treasure Island, was a World's Fair that celebrated, among other things, the city's two newly-built bridges. The San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge was dedicated in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge was dedicated in 1937. The exposition was opened initially from February 18, 1939 through October 29, 1939. It opened again from May 25, 1940 through September 29, 1940.tags: San Francisco 1930s 1939 1940s 1940 vintage San Francisco link 0 comments Friday, August 24, 2012 A Vintage San Francisco Poster
A print of a beautiful vintage San Francisco travel poster, posted to Flickr by Watcher1999. tags: San Francisco vintage San Francisco San Francisco Poster link 0 comments Thursday, May 31, 2012 San Francisco in Life Magazine in 1956Google Books has every issue of Life Magazine from November 1936 to December 1972 scanned and available for online viewing. Click here to see a feature on San Francisco from 1956: "More than almost any city, San Francisco instills a fierce loyalty in residents and exerts a compelling charm on visitors. But few admirers explain why they love the city. Here Life's Nat Farbman, who has traveled the world and lived in glamorous Paris, tells in words and pictures what draws him to his home town."tags: San Francisco 1950s 1956 vintage San Francisco link 0 comments Wednesday, May 30, 2012 The Golden Gate Bridge in 1937
The Atlantic has a great post on the 75th anniversary of the opening of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, with a slew of vintage photos. The one above shows pedestrian traffic on the bridge's opening day, May 27, 1937. (Motor vehicles were allowed the next day.) tags: San Francisco 1930s 1937 vintage San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge link 0 comments |
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