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Title
Bay view, from near the Presidio, S. F., B 3588
Creator
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Date Created and/or Issued
1876
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2018-0776.
Shows spectators on hillside; ships in Bay; mounted horsemen (soldiers?) in meadow; Alcatraz Island (?) in background. "View of the Bombardment, July 3, 1876" -- handwritten on verso.
In July 1876, Celebration of the Centennial Fourth, a four-day festival included a military review and bombardment in vicinity of the Presidio and Lime Point. Bombardment included Major Hasbrouck, California Light Battery; includes the ships Comanche, Pensacola, Portsmouth, Jamestown, French frigate Gallisoniere, Saco.
Type
image
Format
Unmediated
Sheet
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photograph : boudoir card, print ; 5 1/4 x 8 3/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001626766CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Centennial celebrations--California--San Francisco
Fourth of July celebrations--California--San Francisco
Military parades & ceremonies--California--San Francisco
Bays (Bodies of water)--California
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Boudoir card photographs
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)

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