Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, circa 1940

Subjects: Automobiles Bridges & Dams
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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View down the roadway of the Golden Gate Bridge toward the south tower, with both lanes filled with automobiles and the suspension cables converging overhead. Blue water of the strait and green hills of the Marin headlands lie beyond.

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PublisherSmith News Co.

Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco, California SFG 43 PHOTO - REDWOOD EMPIRE ASS'N --- GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE 18739 The Golden Gate Bridge, main San Francisco approach from the Presidio, was designed by Joseph B. Strauss and completed in May 1937 at a cost of $35,500,000. The huge web-like span, is illuminated by night with strings of yellow sodium vapor lights and links northern California to the peninsula of San Francisco. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE PUB. BY SMITH NEWS CO., 460 NINTH ST., SAN FRANCISCO A "COLOURPICTURE" PUBLICATION, BOSTON 15, MASS., U. S. A.

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Series	SFG 43
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA
Place mentioned	Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA
Publisher	460 Ninth St., San Francisco, CA
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible cross-hatch grain; white border not present. Linen-era color printing. No postmark, stamp, or address — unused card. Divided-back linen-texture card (front shows vertical linen grain); printed description of the Golden Gate Bridge, completed May 1937, so card dates after 1937. Dealer pencil mark "#59 1-" in lower right corner; small "SN" logo lower left.

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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco-california-circa-1940-1930. Accessed October 5, 2026.