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Caption: "California Building. P.C. Exp. San Diego. July 18, 1915," shows the Cabrillo Bridge to the entryway of the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, with the California Building on the right. See also 96-07-08-alb01-164.
Date: 1915
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Caption: "Alhambra Springs," caption label only, refers to photographs 111 - 114 of album 6.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Copy of Mechanical drawing," illustrator unknown, but likely William McCarthy.
Date: Undated
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Caption: "Fort Winfield Scott Target Practice." This postcard shows a plume of seawater thrown up by a mortar shell during target practice at Fort Point. Fort Point was part of an effort by the U.S. government to protect the Golden Gate, entrance to the San Francisco Bay. Built between 1853-1861, the fort included emplacements for 141 guns but never fired a weapon in defense of the Bay. Its name was officially changed in 1882 to Fort Winfield Scott. This only lasted four years, however, for in 1886 the fort was officially downgraded to a sub-post of the San Francisco Presidio and the name discontinued. It was resurrected in 1912, with the establishment of a coastal artillery fortification at the Presidio, called, once again, Fort Winfield Scott. See also 96-07-08-alb08-029.
Date: 1909-10-25