Photos: Golden Gate Bridge celebrates 75th anniversary
In this May 24, 1987 file photo, a crowd estimated at several hundred thousand jams the deck of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco during a walk to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the bridge. (Doug Atkins / Associated Press)
The Golden Gate Bridge at dusk at Fort Point in San Francisco. It served as a picturesque backdrop for Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak’s tensely romantic first meeting in “Vertigo” in 1958, made the cover of Rolling Stone in the ‘70s and was nearly decimated by a falling Romulan’s drill-of-death in 2009’s “Star Trek.” One way or another, the Golden Gate Bridge has packed a lot of history into its 75-year span. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)
The Golden Gate Bridge reflected in the window of a visitor center on May 24, 2012 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Tourists touch a section of the Golden Gate Bridge’s main cable that is displayed near the visitor center. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a ceremony for the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge and dedication of new visitor’s center in San Francisco. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
At 3:03pm on May 26, 2012, the 79-year-old battleship Iowa is towed just beyond the Golden Gate Bridge and moves out into the ocean on it’s final voyage to Southern California and its permanent home as a floating museum on the San Pedro waterfront. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
