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Baker Beach 1868

[The wreck of 'Viscata' at Land's End (sic) sf 1867 (sic) NO-148] North end of Baker Beach (aka Baker's Beach). Wreck occurred in March of 1868. Men at work on salvage. Watkins #326, 'The Wreck of the Viscata, San Francisco' [F810 SH-464] (GGNRA/Behrman GOGA 35346) (Carleton Watkins' white darkroom tent at right of center.)
Carleton Watkins (Martin Behrman Negative Collection / Courtesy of the Golden Gate NRA, Park Archives)

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