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Carleton Watkins

8 works

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Ornate title page reading Yosemite Valley, Photographic Views of Falls and Valley, Mariposa County, California, with a centra

[Title page]

1865-1866

Sepia photograph of an ornate Pullman sleeping car interior with velvet seats, drapery, and a painted ceiling.

Pullman Palace Sleeping Car (Interior)

1870-1875

Two people stand on a forest path between enormous sequoia tree trunks in a sepia photograph.

[The Three Graces Calaveras Grove]

negative about 1880; print 1880-1890

Blue-toned oval view of a wooden trestle bridge over a grassy slough, with a buggy and several men on the deck.

[Yolo Buggy over Dry Slough]

1881

Sepia photograph of a hillside camp with domed shelters, standing figures, and scattered trees below wooded hills.

[Native American encampment, Bear Valley]

1860

Sepia photograph of towering giant sequoia trunks in a forest with young conifers and fallen branches on the ground.

Calaveras Big Trees

1870-1880

Sepia photograph of the San Luis Rey mission church with bell tower, domed roof, and two men standing in a dirt plaza.

[Mission, San Luis Rey de Francia]

1880

Sepia photograph of a calm river flanked by boulders and trees, with granite cliffs rising in the distance.

[View of the Merced - Cathedral Rocks in Distance]

1865-1866

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