The Journal of San Diego History
SAN DIEGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY QUARTERLY
Fall 1976, Volume 22, Number 4
James E. Moss, Editor
Thomas L. Scharf, Assistant Editor
Original Articles
- THE EXCAVATION PROGRAM AT THE SAN DIEGO PRESIDIO
- By Paul Ezell
- SAN DIEGO: THE SAINT AND THE CITY
- By Arthur Frederick Ide
- MEMORIES OF EARLY DAYS IN BAJA CALIFORNIA
- By Margaret Brown Baldwin
- SILENT FILM MAKING IN SAN DIEGO, 1898-1912
- By Blaine P. Lamb
- SOME REFLECTIONS ON CALIFORNIA, 1776
- By W. Michael Mathes
Book Reviews
- Black Powder and Hand Steel: Miners and Machines on the Old Western Frontier
- By Otis E. Young, Jr. Reviewed by Rodman W. Paul
- California, The Great Exception
- By Carey McWilliams. Reviewed by Andrew Rolle
- Records of a California Family: Journals and Letters of Lewis C. Gunn and Elizabeth LeBreton Gunn
- Edited by Anna Lee Marston. Reviewed by Charles W. Hughes
- Spudding In: Recollections of Pioneer Days in the California Oil Fields
- By William Rintoul. Reviewed by Gerald White
- History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- By Keith L. Bryant, Jr. Reviewed by Ira G. Clark
- Port Los Angeles: A Phenomenon of the Railroad Era
- By Ernest Marquez. Reviewed by Robert G. Athearn
- A Trace of Desert Waters: The Great Basin Story
- By Samuel G. Houghton. Reviewed by Lawrence B. Lee
On the Cover
OVERHEAD VIEW OF EXCAVATION AT THE SAN DIEGO PRESIDIO
The continuing work being done to learn more about San Diego’s colorful past through archaeological excavation on Presidio Hill is discussed in an article in this issue of the Journal by Dr. Paul Ezell. The cover photograph shows some of the ruins with a portion of the domestic living quarters on the left and the Presidio Chapel sanctuary on the right. Dr. Ezell’s article “. . . is designed, in part at least, to answer some of the questions most frequently asked by visitors to the Serra Museum and the excavations . . .”
THE BIPOD IN ACTION
The cover photograph was made with a camera bipod assembled from television antenna masts. The masts are held upright by the opposing pull of two support lines. Using the bipod a camera can be hoisted thirty feet into the air to take direct overhead vertical photographs. The bipod was designed and built by students in the excavation classes at San Diego State University.
Courtesy: Paul Ezell
This issue of the The Journal of San Diego History was scanned and proofread by volunteer Bill Parsons
