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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8217331, member: 20201&quot;]<b>1939 Golden Gate International Exposition</b></p><p><b>Covered Wagon to Airplane Medal</b></p><p><b>1849 to 1939</b></p><p>32mm Gilt Brass</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442564[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1442565[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I believe that is the China Clipper aircraft on there.</p><p>A modern plane at the time in 1939.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an unofficial medal not seen terribly often in this good condition without being holed as it was about half the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Junior admission tickets <b>K 18402</b> <i>and</i> <b>L 18402</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Golden Gate International Exposition, held at San Francisco&#039;s Treasure Island, was a World&#039;s Fair celebrating, among other things, the city&#039;s two newly built bridges.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opened in 1936 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. </p><p>The exposition opened from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939, and from May 25, 1940, through September 29, 1940.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are &quot;Junior&quot; admission tickets. Stubs still attached. I would imagine this is for a child.</p><p><b><font size="7"><br /></font></b></p><p><b><font size="7">___________________</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>With March Madness coming up, I find this interesting information.</p><p>These tickets wouldn&#039;t get you into basketball games.</p><p>But . . .</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament</b></p><p>As part of the exposition, the California Coliseum, located near the grounds&#039; northeast corner, hosted the Western Regional Semifinal and Final rounds of the <b>first-ever NCAA Division I Men&#039;s Basketball Tournament. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>The Coliseum, listed in NCAA guidebooks as having a capacity of 9,476, hosted two <b>Elite Eight games</b> and a <b>Final Four game</b>. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Western regional included the <b>Oklahoma Sooners</b>, <b>Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns</b> and the <b>Utah State Aggies.</b> </p><p><br /></p><p>In the Regional Semifinal round (<i>now referred to as the Elite Eight</i>), the <b>Ducks beat the Longhorns 56-41</b> and the <b>Sooners beat the Aggies 50-39.</b> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442569[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>In the <b>Regional Final round, (first Final Four game)</b>, the <b>Ducks beat the Sooners 55-37</b>, advancing to the <b>National Championship game in Evanston, Illinois. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>There the Ducks won the first ever national championship 46-30 against the Ohio State Buckeyes. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a regional third place game played in the Coliseum, which was won by the Aggies, 51-49.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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