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Excerpt from Presidio of San Francisco: An Outline of Its Evolution as A U. S. Army Post, 1847-1990 Presidio of San Francisco and the Golden Gate, 1826 Plan, Castillo de San Joaquin, ca. 1847 Presidio of San Francisco, 1852 Plan, Presidio of San Francisco, 1855 Survey, San Francisco, 1857 Photograph, Presidio of San Francisco, 1858 Plan, Presidio of San Francisco, 1861 Officers' row, Funston Avenue, ca. 1880 The Alameda, officers' row, ca. 1880 Powder magazine, 1863 and 1991 Post hospital Plan, Presidio of San Francisco, 1870 Landscape views, 1882 and ca. 1902 Enlisted barracks, ca. 1880 Plan, headquarters, Division of the Pacific Plan, first post chapel Cavalry barracks, main post, ca. 1893 and 1991 Officers' club, prior to 1934 Plan, Fort Point area, 1870 Forest, southwest Presidio, ca. 1930 Architect d.h. Burnham's 1905 plan for the Presidio Maj. William Harts' 1907 plan for the Presidio Lombard Street entrance Brick barracks, ca. 1898, and brick 800, 1991, main post Artillery tr00ps at battery practice, ca. 1901 Cavalry barracks built 1902 Volunteer camps, spanish-american War, 1898 East Cantonment, ca. 1907 Map, East and West Cantonments, 1912 Map, main post and general hospital, 1912 Officers quarters, Infantry Terrace, 1925 Fire, the Funston quarters, 1915 Presidio fire station, 1991 Barracks 35 (ninth Corps Area headquarters) Cavalry stables Officers' quarters, Fort Winfield Scott Commanding officer's quarters, Fort Winfield Scott Headquarters building, Fort Winfield Scott Barracks, Fort Winfield Scott Stockade (guardhouse), Fort Winfield Scott Aerial photo, Presidio main post, 1925 Aerial photo, parade ground area, Presidio, 1925 Noncommissioned officers' club, Fort Winfield Scott Noncommissioned officers' housing, Presidio of San Francisco Cooks and Bakers school (presidio post headquarters) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
