BGuthrie Photos: CA -- San Francisco

CA -- San Francisco:

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1. SFRAN_041102_120.JPG: You'll find these guys at the dock at Pier 39 where you board to go out to Alcatraz.
2. SFRAN_041102_160.JPG: The dome is the Palace of Fine Arts. Built as part of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, the rebuilt structure contains the Exploratorium, one of the nation's foremost hands-on science museums.
3. SFRAN_041102_196.JPG: Crissy Field is the flat open area. Until the early 1920's, it was mostly a wetland. In preparation for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, workers filled in 114 acres with sand dredged from the bay. In 1921, the area became the first Air Service Coast Defense Station on the West Coast. Army aircraft from here were used to spot for coast artillery defending San Francisco Bay, to fight forest fires, and to perform aerial photography throughout the West. The first around the world flight landed on its grass runway in 1924. But Crissy Field was poorly located. Swirling winds, bothersome fog, and abrupt hills made every takeoff an adventure. There was little room for expansion, and the field was vulnerable to long-range naval gunfire. In 1936, with the new Golden Gate Bridge looming across its flight path, Crissy Field closed. Small planes continued to land here until 1974.
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Wikipedia Description: San Francisco, California
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The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the 14th most populous city in the United States, with a 2006 estimated population of 744,041. One of the most densely populated major cities in the U.S., San Francisco is part of the much larger San Francisco Bay Area, which is home to approximately 7.2 million people. The city is located on the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, with the Pacific Ocean to the west, San Francisco Bay to the east, and the Golden Gate to the north.

In 1776, the Spanish settled the tip of the peninsula, establishing a fort at the Golden Gate and a mission named for Francis of Assisi. The California Gold Rush in 1848 propelled the city into a period of rapid growth. After being devastated by the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco was quickly rebuilt.

San Francisco is a popular international tourist destination renowned for its steep rolling hills, an eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture, and famous landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, the cable cars, Coit Tower, and Chinatown. The city is also known for its diverse, cosmopolitan population, including large and long-established Asian American and LGBT communities. While the climate includes chilly summer fog, the winters are mild.

History:

The earliest archaeological evidence of inhabitation of the territory of the city of San Francisco dates to 3000 BC. The Yelamu group of the Ohlone people resided in several small villages when a Spanish exploration party, led by Don Gaspar de Portol� arrived on November 2, 1769, the first documented European discovery of San Francisco Bay. Seven years later, on March 28, 1776 the Spanish established a fort, followed by a mission, Mission San Francisco de As�s (Mission Dolores).

Upon independence from Spain in 1821, the area became part of Mexico. In 1835, Englishman William Richardson erect ...More...
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2004 photos: Equipment this year: I bought two Fujifilm S7000 digital cameras. While they produced excellent images, I found all of the retractable-lens Fuji models had a disturbing tendency to get dust inside the lens. Dark blurs would show up on the images and the camera had to be sent back to the shop in order to get it fixed. I returned one of the cameras when the blurs showed up in the first month. I found myself buying extended warranties on cameras. Trips this year: (1) Margot and I went off to Scotland for a few days, my first time overseas. (2) I went to Hawaii on business (such a deal!) and extended it, spending a week in Hawaii and another in California. (3) I went to Tennessee to man a booth and extended it to go to my third Fan Fair country music festival. Number of photos taken this year: 110,000.
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