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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: "Houston Court House -- Houston Tex. June 7, 34." View of the Harris County Courthouse, a neoclassical building constructed in 1910 and designed by Dallas architectural firm Lang & Witchell. It was the fifth courthouse to be built on the site.
Date: 6/7/1934
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Caption: "Capitol -- Wash. D.C." c. 1920. Shows the U.S. Capitol Building (dome and both wings, at oblique angle). Originally constructed in 1800, the building has undergone several expansions, including the addition of the wedding-cake-style dome in the 1850s.
Date: 1920