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Alcatraz from North Point circa 1865

View north past large building with "Boat Building by Martin Vice" on side to Alcatraz Island in the distance, boatyard in foreground. Alcatraz & Angel Islands. Watkins no. 286, alternate version of wnp 37.00754. 'Alcatraz from North Point' [North Point corner Montgomery Ave. & Chestnut St. 1864 (sic) NP-1]'F810 NP-001] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346)
Carleton Watkins (Martin Behrman Negative Collection / Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives)

Alcatraz from North Point Alcatraz from North Point

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