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Caption: "Battery Spencer. Highest 12" Battery in the World." With construction begun in 1893, Battery Spencer, located at Fort Baker in Marin County on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge, was one of the main protection points for the San Francisco harbor from 1897 until it was deactivated in 1942. It was named for Major General Joseph Spencer of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Date: 1908
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Caption: "Torrey Pines, San Diego.," c. 1905. William McCarthy stands with a group of unidentified friends or family in this photograph, framed within the branches of what appears to be a Torrey pine tree. William is far to the left, sporting a moustache.
Date: 1905
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Caption: "Bennington's Honored Dead." Shows a grave site with dozens of caskets ready for burial. A priest and two altar boys stand at one side of the caskets, while a large group of U.S. Navy sailors looks on from the other side. While sailing from port in San Diego on the morning of July 21, 1905, the boiler of the USS Bennington exploded, killing sixty-six of her crew. The victims were laid to rest in the cemetery at Fort Rosecrans. See also 96-07-08-alb05-142 and 96-07-08-alb08-217.
Date: 1905-07-23
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Caption: "La Laguna Espejada or Mirror Pool. P.C. Exp. San Diego," shows the reflecting pool at the Panama-California Exposition in Balboa Park, San Diego. See also 96-07-08-alb01-162.
Date: 1915
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California National Guard Armory elevation study, Seventh Street. Caption: "Seventh St. Elevation. Long Beach Armory." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built. Project for California Military Department.
Date: 1930
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Caption: "Western Arch," at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. See also 96-07-08-alb01-097.
Date: 1915
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No Caption: undated. Photograph shows the base of what appears to be a 12" mortar, and part of its carriage.
Date: Undated