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Title: McCarthy Album 06, Photograph 257
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued: 1910
Publication Information: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Contributing Institution: California State Archives
Collection: McCarthy (William M.) Photograph Collection
Rights Information: © 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Description: Caption: "Point Benito [sic]. Fort Barry," c. 1910. A view of the Point Bonita Lighthouse near Fort Barry and the Marin Headlands. The lighthouse, built in 1855, was the third lighthouse built on the West Coast to shepherd ships through the narrow straights of the Golden Gate. The lighthouse, still active today, is maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Type: image
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb06-257
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/items/show/8650
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/files/original/522017fdec93dfba2f0af762c5a6154d.jpg
Language: English
Subject: Point Bonita Lighthouse
Place: Point Bonita, San Francisco Bay, California
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)

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