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SFPOC_180714_009.JPG: The Surrender at Monterey
US troops at left, Mexican troops at right
1846
SFPOC_180714_013.JPG: These murals were painted in 1952 to decorate the bar at the Officers' Club. Although colorful and interesting to look at, they depict a 1950s romanticized vision of California's early years rather than a historically accurate account.
SFPOC_180714_015.JPG: Building the Presidio
Sergeant Ortega working Indians
SFPOC_180714_018.JPG: The Hat Dance
Spanish Origin
SFPOC_180714_021.JPG: Passage Way
Beyond the Gates
SFPOC_180714_024.JPG: Departures
SFPOC_180714_027.JPG: Presidio Heritage Gallery
Telling the Presidio Story
SFPOC_180714_029.JPG: Beyond the Gates
Troop Deployments
SFPOC_180714_036.JPG: Exclusion
SFPOC_180714_046.JPG: How the Bay was Formed
SFPOC_180714_049.JPG: How Grandfather Created the World
SFPOC_180714_050.JPG: Ancestral Home of Ohlone People
Before the Other People Came
SFPOC_180714_055.JPG: Ohlone Communities
SFPOC_180714_058.JPG: Managing the Land
SFPOC_180714_060.JPG: Rekindling Ancient Traditions
SFPOC_180714_062.JPG: Beyond the Gates
Troop Deployments
SFPOC_180714_065.JPG: The Spanish Fort on the Edge of Empire
SFPOC_180714_068.JPG: Picturing the Presidio
Within these Walls
SFPOC_180714_071.JPG: First Encounters
SFPOC_180714_079.JPG: The Anza Expedition
SFPOC_180714_086.JPG: The Anza Route
1775-1776
SFPOC_180714_113.JPG: Aboard the San Carlos
SFPOC_180714_117.JPG: The Anza Expedition
SFPOC_180714_118.JPG: A New Life
SFPOC_180714_122.JPG: The Story Continues
SFPOC_180714_123.JPG: Clash of Empires
SFPOC_180714_126.JPG: Hosting the Enemy
SFPOC_180714_132.JPG: Outpost on Mexico's Northern Frontier
1810-1846
SFPOC_180714_134.JPG: Picturing the Presidio
Within these Walls
SFPOC_180714_142.JPG: Seafaring Scientists
SFPOC_180714_148.JPG: A New Species
SFPOC_180714_161.JPG: Life at the Missions
SFPOC_180714_169.JPG: Mission Uprisings
SFPOC_180714_171.JPG: Estanislao's Rebellion
SFPOC_180714_174.JPG: Military Expeditions Against Estanislao
SFPOC_180714_177.JPG: A City is Born
SFPOC_180714_180.JPG: A New Start
SFPOC_180714_184.JPG: Western Garrison of the U.S. Army
1846-1898
SFPOC_180714_186.JPG: Picturing the Presidio
Within these Walls
SFPOC_180714_201.JPG: The Mexican-American War
SFPOC_180714_204.JPG: The American Conquest
SFPOC_180714_207.JPG: The Last Mexican Soldier
SFPOC_180714_224.JPG: The Modoc War
SFPOC_180714_227.JPG: A Surprise Attack
SFPOC_180714_234.JPG: Land and Sovereignty
SFPOC_180714_236.JPG: The First National Parks
SFPOC_180714_239.JPG: Call in the Cavalry
SFPOC_180714_242.JPG: National Park Service Hat, 2013
SFPOC_180714_247.JPG: U.S. Cavalry Campaign Hat, 1911
SFPOC_180714_248.JPG: The National Park Service was established in 1916. It modeled itself after the Army, adapting its approach to stewarding the parks and adopting the cavalry uniform of the period, including the now iconic hat.
SFPOC_180714_260.JPG: Command Post and an Overseas Empire
1898-1941
SFPOC_180714_262.JPG: Picturing the Presidio
Within these Walls
SFPOC_180714_277.JPG: War in the Philippines
SFPOC_180714_279.JPG: Kansas Scarecrows
SFPOC_180714_285.JPG: The Capture of Aguinaldo
SFPOC_180714_294.JPG: The Buffalo Soldiers
SFPOC_180714_296.JPG: Presidential Guard of Honor
SFPOC_180714_315.JPG: San Francisco Earthquake
SFPOC_180714_320.JPG: Fighting Fire with Fire
SFPOC_180714_329.JPG: Crissy Airfield
SFPOC_180714_332.JPG: A Daring Flight
SFPOC_180714_337.JPG: The Great Pigeon Race
SFPOC_180714_344.JPG: Headquarters for a World Power
1941-1989
SFPOC_180714_345.JPG: Picturing the Presidio
Within these Walls
SFPOC_180714_355.JPG: World War II
SFPOC_180714_357.JPG: Waiting for the Attack
SFPOC_180714_360.JPG: Coastal Defense System
SFPOC_180714_363.JPG: Ironies of Service
SFPOC_180714_367.JPG: Letterman General Hospital
SFPOC_180714_370.JPG: The Best Medicine
SFPOC_180714_379.JPG: Advancing Military Medicine
SFPOC_180714_393.JPG: The Presidio 27
SFPOC_180714_396.JPG: The Korean War
SFPOC_180714_399.JPG: Medal of Honor
SFPOC_180714_405.JPG: A Partnership Park
1989 to Today
SFPOC_180714_408.JPG: Base Closure
SFPOC_180714_419.JPG: Inactivation Ceremony, October 1, 1994
SFPOC_180714_422.JPG: Saving the Presidio
SFPOC_180714_446.JPG: Creating the Trust
SFPOC_180714_470.JPG: Moraga Hall
The Life of the Post
SFPOC_180714_486.JPG: Point Bonita from Point Lobos, Golden Gate California circa 1880
by Raymond Dabb Yelland
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2018 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Trips this year:
Civil War Trust conferences in Greenville, NC, Newport News, VA, and my farewell event with them in Chicago, IL (via sites in Louisville, KY, St. Louis, MO, and Toledo, OH),
three trips to New York City (including New York Comic-Con), and
my 13th consecutive trip to San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles).
Number of photos taken this year: about 535,000.
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