San Francisco Bay
[Off Fort Point FP-6 1857] Engraving of view east from Fort Point. Sailing ships and paddlewheel steamer in bay, Alcatraz and Yerba Buena Islands in distance [F810 FP-006] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Golden Gate
[401. Entrance to the Golden Gate.] View north from Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach) toward Marin Headlands. Kirby Cove in background. Same image as wnp4.11085, different cropping.
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Lands End
[Fort Point, from the wreck of the Viscata, San Francisco. 950.] Spring Valley Water Co.'s Lobos Creek flume at right.
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Viscata Shipwreck
Iron sailing ship loaded with grain and bound for England. Ran aground on the north end of Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach) on March 8, 1868. Watkins #952 'The Wreck of the Viscata, San Francisco'.
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Baker Beach
[The wreck of 'Viscata' at Land's End (sic) sf 1867 (sic) NO-148] North end of Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach). Wreck occurred in March of 1868. Men at work on salvage. Watkins #326, 'The Wreck of the Viscata, San Francisco' [F810 SH-464] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) (Carleton Watkins' white darkroom tent at right of center.)
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Cannon on main parade ground. Looking northeast to the bay. Stables at left. Post hospital and officer's residence at right, still extant in 2023. [The Presidio entrance 1868 PR-3] [F810 PR-003] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Viscata, shipwreck
Wreck of 3 masted sailing ship Viscata, ashore on Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach) in the Presidio, March 1868. See also wnp37.02729. Watkins #951, 'The Wreck of the Viscata, San Francisco' [Wreck in Golden Gate Cal 1867 {sic}] [F810 SH-448]
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Presidio
View west into Alameda entrance gate. Sentry, bandstand, flagpole and residences. Present day Presidio Blvd & Funston Ave. [The Presidio Entrance PR-4] [F810 PR-004] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
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Artillery drill at foot of Old Parade Ground, View Northwest to Golden Gate. Present Lincoln Blvd & Halleck St.
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[223. Military Exercises at the Presidio] Soldiers lined up in front of Graham Street barracks
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Fort Point
Couple seated on seawall outside west face of fort. Ladder leaning against side of fort leading up to fog bell building. [1609. Fort Point, Lime Point in the distance.]
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Fort Point
[1611. View from the works at Fort Point.] Ordnance yard near site of present Warming Hut. Dismounted Rodman cannon, carriages and sections of traverse rails. Two sentry boxes at lower center. Black Point (Fort Mason) dimly visible at center left top.
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Fort Point
[1607. Fort Point, East side] View looking west along shore from pier. Seawall completed in 1868.
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Fort Point & Golden Gate
[982. Fort Point and Golden Gate.] View looking down at Fort Point showing seawall and approach road. Marin Headlands in distance.
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Fort Point
Fort Point viewed from hill south of fort. Construction materials, water flume, lighthouse keeper's house. Steamer heading out Golden Gate. Marin Headlands in distance. [982. Fort Point and Golden Gate, San Francisco, Cal.]
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Bachelor Officers' Quarters, nicknamed 'The Corral' at Funston & Moraga Ave.
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Soldiers on porch of barracks on Old Main Parade Ground, Graham Street.
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Public Health Service Hospital
Presidio, view northeast above Lobos Creek toward original Marine Hospital (later the Public Health Services Hospital), opened 1875. [Muybridge, Photo. Bradley & Rulofson, Publishers] Men harvesting crops, complex of wooden buildings in background. Construction work in progress.
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View north over battle towards Alcatraz and Angel Island. A mock military battle staged on July 3rd, 1876, in honor of the US Centennial anniversary. Cropped from image in Watkins Boudoir Card B3588. Boats in water, people on grass. Ships at anchor in the Bay.
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[The Bombardment. View from the Presidio, S.F. July 3, 1876 3585] Presidio House in distance. View north over battle towards Alcatraz and Angel Island. A mock military battle staged on July 3rd, 1876, in honor of the US Centennial anniversary. Watkins Stereoview 3593. Duplicate of wnp37.01570
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