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Photographer: National Park Service
Taken: August 24, 1775
Caption: Greetings Across the Water
Additional Description: This mural is found in the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Visitor Center (about 500 ft. east of the marker). The mural's caption reads: On the morning of August 24, 1775, the Friar Santa Maria noted in his journal that eight Huchiun men in two tule canoes, Ohlone from the East Bay, came alongside the San Carlos and opened their visit with a formal ritual greeting before coming aboard. The San Carlos remained anchored in Ayala Cove during most of the mapping expedition.
Submitted: March 30, 2013, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p237189
File Size: 3.154 Megabytes

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