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Carleton Watkins (American, 1829-1916) was one of the most highly acclaimed of early western photographers, yet Watkins's work has never been fully cataloged. No complete listings of his "Old Series" stereoviews, published before 1875, are known.
Watkins extensively photographed early San Francisco, Yosemite, Mendocino and the Sierra Nevada mining regions. His photogaphs of Yosemite helped influence Congress and President Lincoln in the preservation of Yosemite Valley. Watkins also made some of the earliest photographs of Southern California and the Pacific Nortwest. Watkins' Pacific Railroad series documents construction of the trans-continental railroad from Sacramento to Utah.
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1861 1863 circa
Size:
20.25 x 15.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88250
Place/Date:
Np / 1865 circa
Size:
15.25 x 20.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88249
Place/Date:
np / 1865 circa
Size:
20.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88251
Place/Date:
California / 1875 circa
Size:
13.25 x 11.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
94083
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1875 circa
Size:
7.75 x 5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
104359
Place/Date:
New York / 1878
Size:
48.5 x 14.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72892
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1880 circa
Size:
16 x 20.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
91486
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1880 circa
Size:
16 x 19.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
91487
Archived
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1865 - 1866
Size:
11.6 x 7.6 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
62639
Place/Date:
np / 1865 - 1866 circa
Size:
22 x 28 inches framed
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88252
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1865 - 1866 circa
Size:
22 x 28 inches framed
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88268
Place/Date:
New York / 1868
Size:
10.25 x 12.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
94231
Place/Date:
San Francisco / 1875 circa
Size:
21.7 x 10 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
92169