[Workmen dismantling huge 16-inch coastal gun at Fort Funston]

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Local identifier: AAD-5891
Title: [Workmen dismantling huge 16-inch coastal gun at Fort Funston]
Date: 1948 Nov. 25
Issuance: monographic
Associated Group: Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Collection: San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
Type of Resource: still image
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w.
Form: graphic
Use and Reproduction: Permission to use this image must be obtained from the San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library. www.sfpl.org/permissions.
Note: Folder: S.F. Fort Funston.
Newscopy: "Workmen are shown dismantling one of the huge 16-inch coastal guns at Fort Funston that once guarded the Golden Gate from enemy forces. Fixed gun emplacements are considered obsolete in modern warfare, and harbor defense is taken over planes and naval vessels operating far at sea, and by anti-aircraft batteries..
"Acme Telephoto."
LCSH Subjects: San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Local subjects: Fort Funston.
Bibliographic Number: .b10306572
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12352/islandora:145653