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Title
Alcatraz, from North Beach
Creator
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Date Created and/or Issued
1874
Publication Information
San Francisco : C.E. Watkins
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2008-2324.
Plates in photograph album: Photographic views of one hundred and twelve of the principal and most picturesque places of California, vol. 3, page 94.
View of Alcatraz Island and bay, taken from North Beach in San Francisco. In the foreground is a multi-story house with peaked wood shingle roof and gingerbread details. A steamer ship and sailboat are visible on the water.
Also have negative: no. 29,086 (4x5 in. color transparency).
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Identifier
(C)001391302CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-4632
Language
English
Subject
Buildings--California--San Francisco
Bays (Bodies of water)--California
Ships--California--San Francisco
Islands--California
Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
Islands
Alcatraz Island (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)

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