All confirmation bias, all the time

seismogenic:

thesanfrancisco:

The Golden State.

This is a very interesting print. But why? Yet another Golden Gate Bridge view?

Look closer at the bridge. It’s gray.

The decision to keep the bridge international orange - like its protective red lead primer coat - happened pretty late in the construction process. Several colors, including gray, were considered, but it took people writing letters to push it toward orange, which was not one of the initial choices at all. Their argument was that deep red-orange echoed the color scheme of the 1915 Worlds Fair, and that it looked great against the cool colors of the setting. Good call, good call.

So, I wonder how old this print is. It has to be pre-1937. But is it from the period of construction, or is it one of the more future-oriented “look what we’ll have in a few years!” sort of things? Anyone know?

(Source: beyond-curious)