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No caption. Reverse of a souvenir ticket for the "Official Pedestrian Day" on May 27, 1937, held as part of the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta celebrating the opening of the now-iconic bridge. The celebrations occupied an entire week, kicked off by Pedestrian Day, when more 200,000 people were allowed to walk across the Golden Gate Bridge on foot or on roller skates, the day before the bridge opened for vehicular traffic.
Date: 5/27/1937
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Caption: "Presidio and Golden Gate," c. 1906. A high vantage point view of the Presidio and Golden Gate. Established in 1776 by Spanish explorers, the Presidio is a fortified location overlooking the Golden Gate, the entrance into San Francisco Bay. It was closed as a military structure in 1995, and is now a park within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Date: 1906
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Caption: "Negro Woman and Son -- Morgan City -- Louisiana, June 13, 1934." Unidentified African-American woman and young man along a road in Morgan City. The woman is carrying a pail on her head, while the young man is carrying two wood planks.
Date: 6/13/1934
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Caption: "Tenaya Lake Resort." Small cabins in front of rocky mountainside. Named after Chief Tenaya of Yosemite Valley's Ahwahnechee People, Tenaya Lake is located between Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows within Yosemite National Park. The surface elevation of the alpine lake is 8,150 feet.
Date: 1927
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Caption: "Circus Parade -- Santa Rosa, Calif.," c. 1905. This image shows several elephants walking down a street in Santa Rosa, part of the Ringling Brothers Circus, which first came to Santa Rosa in 1903. The traveling circus became an annual event in the town for the next two decades.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "N.S.G.W. Delegates to Grand Lodge, Santa Barbara." Founded in 1875, the Native Sons of the Golden West is a fraternal society limited to native-born Californians.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Al Tahoe." Main building of Al Tahoe Hotel, located in what is now South Lake Tahoe. The hotel was built in 1907 by Almerin R. Sprauge.
Date: 1927