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Fort Winfield Scott circa 1885

Presidio of San Francisco. View west to two 15-inch caliber Rodman cannon in "West Battery," located on bluff southwest of Fort Point. Golden Gate straits and Point Bonita in background. [B 191. Point Bonita from Fort Winfield Scott, Entrance to Golden Gate. S. F. Watkins' New Boudoir Series Yo Semite and Pacific Coast, 427 Montgomery Street]
Carleton Watkins (Marilyn Blaisdell Collection / Courtesy of a Private Collector)

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