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General view (looking northeast) Headquarters Presidio Reservation, San Francisco, California. Parade ground located in center. Date approximately 1890
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General view (looking northeast) Headquarters Presidio Reservation, San Francisco, California. Parade ground located in center. Date estimated 1900
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[Assignment: 48-DPA-03-16-08_SOI_K_St._Pat_HMP] U.S. Park Police horse mounted patrol unit, on hand for annual St. Patrick's Day Parade [along Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C.] [48-DPA-03-16-08_SOI_K_St_Pat_HMP_DOI_1265.JPG]
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General view (looking northeast) Headquarters Presidio Reservation, San Francisco, California. The Presidio in the 1870's matches ground plan. Triple-story bachelor officer quarter is on right, original Presidio building is left of center in picture (behind horse-drawn wood cart). Alcatraz is at the right edge of the picture in this view to north-northeast down center of the parade ground. At the right of the flag pole is the hospital, dating from 1854 and still at the original site. Post was inspected in 1866 when it had 1,156 officers and men in 16 companies, 14 of them preparing for duty in Arizona."
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: San Francisco
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Unknown
Release Status: Released to Public
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