Looking toward the Golden Gate, decades before the bridge was built, from The Presidio of San Francisco ca. 1880's. Wyland Stanley Collection Fort Point, San Francisco Presidio, ca. 1880's.

Thousands hike across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA. on May 27. 1937, as it was opened to pedestrians for a preview before opening to vehicles.(AP Photo) ...

The Golden Gate bridge, in the San Francisco Bay, during its construction in May 1936. Construction began on 05 January 1933 and the bridge was inaugurated 27 May 1937 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...

Thousands hike across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA. on May 27. 1937, as it was opened to pedestrians for a preview before opening to vehicles.(AP Photo) ...

The Golden Gate Bridge’s name isn’t from the Gold Rush. It actually comes from the Golden Gate Strait. Explorer John C. Frémont named it in the mid-1800s. The term “Golden Gate” means a ...