Image / The Bombardment. View from the Presidio, S.F., July 3, 1876. # 3585.

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Title: The Bombardment. View from the Presidio, S.F., July 3, 1876. # 3585.
Creator: Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Date Created and/or Issued: 1876
Publication Information: San Francisco : Watkins' New Series
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: STEREO-1315
STEREO COLLECTION: WATKINS: SAN FRANCISCO: # 3585.
Orange mount; pink verso.
View of the Bombardment taken from the Presidio in San Francisco. A mock military battle staged on July 3rd, 1876, in honor of the US Centennial anniversary. Sea battle on San Francisco Bay is pictured, many sailing vessels are visible. Spectators on foot are on the grassy hillside in the foreground.
Negative, no. 19,693 (4x5 in.)
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.
Identifier: (C)001387981CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-1285
Subject: Celebrations--California--San Francisco
Vessels--California--San Francisco
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--Photographs
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)

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