McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 001

Title: McCarthy Album 02, Photograph 001
Description: Caption: "Battery Spencer. Highest 12" Battery in the World." With construction begun in 1893, Battery Spencer, located at Fort Baker in Marin County on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge, was one of the main protection points for the San Francisco harbor from 1897 until it was deactivated in 1942. It was named for Major General Joseph Spencer of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Fort Baker, Marin County, California
Date: 1908
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb02-001
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Battery Spencer, Fort Baker, Marin County
Type: Still Image