February 29, 2024
Souvenir San Francisco Bay Bridge 1936 Celebration Ribbon Button American Flags
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Vintage San Francisco Bay Bridge Memorabilia Souvenir San Francisco - Bay Bridge Pin Backed Ribbon with American Flags 1936 The toll bridge was conceived as early as the gold rush days, but construction did not begin until 1933. Designed by Charles H. Purcell, and built by American Bridge Company, it opened for traffic on November 12, 1936, six months before the Golden Gate Bridge. Among those in attendance were the former U.S. president Herbert Hoover, Senator William G. McAdoo, and the Governor of California, Frank Merriam. Governor Merriam officially opened the bridge by cutting gold chains across the traffic lanes with an acetylene cutting torch. It originally carried automobile traffic on its upper deck, and trucks and trains on the lower, but after the closer of the Key System, the lower deck was converted to road traffic as well. This souvenir ribbon belonged to my grandmother who lived in San Francisco all her adult life. EMAIL and QUESTIONS: Please use eBay's email to contact us. We will try to return emails within 24 hours, during regular business hours Monday through Friday. If you have emailed us and not received an answer, please try again, we may not have received it. If you email us directly there is a fair chance that it could be delayed, caught by our spam filter, or lost in cyberspace. FEEDBACK: Please
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