The Journal of San Diego History 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. Learn how you can help, too!