“I have known her for 15 years, and she is more beautiful than ever … Her hair is usually a copper-red, and she has enormous feet, but once you have seen her bathing in the sun, she becomes a woman you will never forget.” – Dean Jennings, The Chronicle, 1952

National Park Service, first 100 years
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Established October 27, 1972
(Bridge was constructed 1933-1937)