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• Featured Photographs

  Featured Watkins Photographs

  View some of Carleton Watkins best photographs in this gallery of selected images.
• 1850-1860
  1850 to 1860

  Watkins learned and mastered photography during the 1850s. His earliest photographs were not published under his name and many are still to be identified.

  Stereographs

  • Rancho Las Mariposas
    • John C. Fremont's estate in Mariposa County.
    • Carleton Watkins first group of landscape photographs.

    Photographed 1860

  Mammoth Prints

  • To be added soon
• 1861-1874

  1861 to 1874

  Watkins was widely recognized for his photographs during this time, receiving a medal from the Paris International Exposition in 1867. He made some of the earliest photographs of California and Oregon. His Mammoth prints of Yosemite were influentual in creation of the park.

  Stereographs

  • Yosemite - c1861
    (1-100)
    

    Yosemite (c1861)

    • Views numbered 1-100
    • Includes:
    • Watkins first views of Yosemite
    • Valley and Camp views
    • Mariposa Big Tree Grove
    • Lady Franklin and Party

    Photographed c1861

  • New Almaden & San Jose
    (101-199)
    

    New Almaden & San Jose

    • Views numbered 101-199
    • Includes:
    • New Almaden quicksilver mine
    • Santa Clara Valley
    • Panorama of San Jose

    Photographed c1863

  • Mendocino
    (200-296)
    

    Mendocino

    • Views numbered 200-296
    • Includes:
    • Mendocino coast
    • Lumber mills
    • Mendocino Rancheria

    Photographed c1863

  • San Francisco & Environs - 1860-64
    (297-576)
    

    San Francisco & Environs (1860-64)

    • Views numbered 297-576
    • Includes:
    • July 4th 1862
    • Black Point, Mrs. Fremont
    • Mechanics Institute 1860
    • Penninsula residences

    Photographed c1860-1864

  • San Francisco & Environs - 1864-66
    (577-800)
    

    San Francisco & Environs (1864-66)

    • Views numbered 577-800
    • Includes:
    • Mechanics Institute 1864
    • July 4th 1864, 1865
    • Penninsula residences
    • Cliff House
    • Panorama from Russian Hill

    Photographed c1864-1866

  • Yosemite & misc California
    (801-899)
    

    Yosemite & misc California

    • Views numbered 801-899
    • Includes:
    • Yosemite Valley
    • Agassiz Rock
    • Clark's Big Tree Station

    Photographed c1865-1866

  • Spring Valley Water Works
    (900-925)
    

    Spring Valley Water Works

    • Views numbered 900-925
    • Includes:
    • Spring Valley Water Works
    • Pilarcitos Dam
    • Watkins photographic equipment

    Photographed c1866-1868

  • San Francisco - c1868
    (926-1000)
    

    San Francisco (c1868)

    • Views numbered 926-1000
    • Includes:
    • S.F. downtown and waterfront
    • Wreck of the Viscata
    • Earthquake of 1868

    Photographed c1860-1866

  • Yosemite
    (1001-1200)
    

    Yosemite

    • Views numbered 1001-1200
    • Includes:
    • Yosemite Valley
    • Colfax party
    • Indian camp
    • Mariposa Grove
    • Galen Clark

    Photographed c1865-1866

  • Columbia River & vicinity
    (1201-1337)
    

    Columbia River & vicinity

    • Views numbered 1201-1337
    • Includes:
    • Portland panorama
    • Columbia River views
    • Oregon Railroad
    • Upper Columbia River

    Photographed 1867

  • San Francisco & CPRR
    (1338-1538)
    

    San Francisco & CPRR

    • Views numbered 1338-1538
    • Includes:
    • Telegraph Hill panorama
    • Waterfront and shipping
    • Ralston residence (Belmont)
    • Mechanics Institute Fair, 1868
    • CPRR Oakland terminus

    Photographed c1867

  • Mt Shasta & Northern California
    (1539-1600)
    

    Mt Shasta & Northern California

    • Views numbered 1539-1600
    • Includes:
    • Mt Shasta Summit
    • Lassen's Butte
    • Sonoma and Napa Geysers
    • Calistoga Hotel

    Photographed 1867

  • San Francisco - c1872
    (1601-1800)
    

    San Francisco (c1872)

    • Views numbered 1601-1800
    • Includes:
    • City and waterfront views
    • Woodward Gardens
    • Palace Hotel
    • Mission Dolores

    Photographed c1870

  • Sierra Nevada Mining
    (1801-1835)
    

    Sierra Nevada Mining

    • Views numbered 1801-1835
    • Includes:
    • North Bloomfield Gravel Mine
    • Malakoff Diggings
    • Downieville Buttes

    Photographed c1871

  • Vallejo & San Francisco
    (1839-2000)
    

    Vallejo & San Francisco

    • Views numbered 1839-2000
    • Includes:
    • Vallejo panorama
    • Steamboat landing
    • Mare Island facilities
    • Fair Oaks
    • Millbrae & San Mateo

    Photographed c1871

  • Farallone Islands
    (2001-2078)
    

    Farallone Islands

    • Views numbered 2001-2078
    • Includes:
    • Farallone lighthouse
    • Wildlife studies
    • Egg Robbers

    Photographed c1870-1873

  • San Francisco & Environs - c1872
    (2079-2300)
    

    San Francisco & Environs (c1872)

    • Views numbered 2079-2300
    • Includes:
    • Ralston residence (Belmont)
    • Oakland residences
    • Millbrae
    • Grace Cathedral
    • Misc S.F. and Oakland

    Photographed c1870-1873

  • Napa and Sonoma Geysers
    (2301-2359)
    

    Napa and Sonoma Geysers

    • Views numbered 2301-2359
    • Includes:
    • Napa Soda Springs
    • White Sulfer Springs
    • Clear Lake
    • Hademon's Spout Farm

    Photographed c1870-1873

  Stereographs

  • San Francisco and Environs
    (2360-2500)
    

    San Francisco and Environs

    • Views numbered 2360-2500
    • Includes:
    • San Jose
    • Clay St Hill cable car
    • Thurlow Lodge (Menlo Park)
    • Misc S.F. views

    Photographed c1870-1873

  • Modoc War
    (2501-2524)
    

    Modoc War

    • Views numbered 2501-2524
    • Includes:
    • Lava Beds and fortifications
    • Military encampment
    • Warm Spring Indians

    Photographed c1873

  • Marin County and San Mateo
    (2525-2599)
    

    Marin County and San Mateo

    • Views numbered 2525-2599
    • Includes:
    • San Rafael
    • Ross Landing
    • San Quentin
    • San Mateo church, Laurel Hall

    Photographed c1873

  • Utah
    (2700-2771)
    

    Utah

    • Views numbered 2700-2771
    • Includes:
    • Salt Lake City
    • Echo Canyon
    • Union Pacific Railroad

    Photographed c1873

  Watkins Pacific Railroad

  • Sierra Nevada Foothils
    (1-99)
    

    Sierra Nevada Foothils

    • Views numbered 1-99
    • Includes:
    • Sierra Nevada foothils
    • Coxfax and Cape Horn
    • Sierra Nevada grading
    • Hydraulic mining

    Photographed 1864-1869

  • High Sierra & Sacramento
    (100-199)
    

    High Sierra & Sacramento

    • Views numbered 100-199
    • Includes:
    • High Sierra
    • Sacramento Valley
    • Tunnel construction

    Photographed 1864-1869

  • Sierra Summit & Reno
    (200-299)
    

    Sierra Summit & Reno

    • Views numbered 200-299
    • Includes:
    • Sierra Summit
    • Snow sheds
    • Eastern Sierra
    • Reno

    Photographed 1864-1869

  • Nevada desert & Last Rail
    (300-364)
    

    Nevada desert & Last Rail

    • Views numbered 300-364
    • Includes:
    • Nevada desert
    • Promontory, Utah
    • Laying the last rail

    Photographed 1868-1869

  Mammoth Prints

  • Yosemite Valley

    Yosemite Valley

    • Includes:
    • Views in Yosemite Valley
    • Mariposa Trail
    • Views from Glacier Point

    Photographed c1861-1870

  • The Topographical Landscape

    The Topographical Landscape

    • Includes:
    • Mount Shasta
    • Sonoma County Geysers

    Photographed c1867-1870

• 1875-1890
  1875 to 1890

  After the loss of his earlier negatives to a creditor during a financial crisis, Carleton Watkins started photographing anew in the mid-1870s. Watkins' "New Series" covered more than ten years of his photographic efforts including stereographs beginning with number 3001.

  Stereographs

  • Yosemite - 1878-1881
    (3001-3175)
    

    Yosemite - 1878-1881

    • Views numbered 3001-3175
    • Includes:
    • Yosemite Valley
    • Hotels and Tourists
    • Lieut. Wheeler's survey party
    • Tuolumne Grove

    Photographed c1878-1881

  • Oakland and Misc Railroad
    (3301-3323)
    

    Oakland and Misc Railroad

    • Views numbered 3301-3323
    • Includes:
    • Grand Central Hotel view
    • Central Pacific RR car interiors
    • Oakland Wharf

    Photographed c1876

  • Alpine County and Round Top
    (3382-3393)
    

    Alpine County and Round Top

    • Views numbered 3382-3393
    • Includes:
    • Mt. Lola and Round Top
    • Coast and Geodetic Station

    Photographed 1879

  • North Bloomfield Gravel Mines
    (3394-3400)
    

    North Bloomfield Gravel Mines

    • Views numbered 3394-3400
    • Includes:
    • Hydraulic mining operations
    • Boorman Dam

    Photographed c1871

  • Mammoth Big Tree Grove
    (3501-3537)
    

    Mammoth Big Tree Grove

    • Views numbered 3501-3537
    • Includes:
    • Calaveras Co. big trees
    • Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel
    • Studies of big trees

    Photographed before 1880

  • River Mining and Misc
    (3538-3546)
    

    River Mining and Misc

    • Views numbered 3538-3546
    • Includes:
    • River mining operations
    • Jacksonville, Tuolumne County
    • Watkins self portrait
    • El Capitan Hotel

    Dating uncertain

  • San Francisco
    (3547-3661)
    

    San Francisco

    • Views numbered 3547-3661
    • Includes:
    • Palace Hotel
    • 1876 Centennial Celebration
    • Cliff House
    • Panorama from Nob Hill
    • Easter at Trinity Church

    Photographed c1876

  • Southern California - c1878
    (3662-3667)
    

    Southern California - c1878

    • Views numbered 3662-3667
    • Includes:
    • Southern Pacific Railroad
    • Tehachapi Loop

    Photographed c1878

  • San Francisco and Environs
    (3668-3782)
    

    San Francisco and Environs

    • Views numbered 3668-3782
    • Includes:
    • S.F. downtown, Baldwin Hotel
    • Nob Hill mansions
    • Waterfront views
    • Chinese quarter
    • St. Matthew's Church, San Mateo

    Dating uncertain

  • Miscellaneous
    (3783-3800)
    

    Miscellaneous

    • Views numbered 3783-3800
    • Includes:
    • Watkins photographic display
    • Mt Shasta
    • Farallone Islands
    • Southern Pacifc Railroad Ferry

    Photographed 1867-1871

  • Monterey and Environs
    (3801-3899)
    

    Monterey and Environs

    • Views numbered 3801-3899
    • Includes:
    • Hotel Del Monte
    • Pacifc Grove and Lighthouse
    • Cypress Drive and Pebble Beach
    • Carmel Mission
    • Whale Fishing

    Photographed c1881-1883

  • Lake Tahoe and Environs
    (4001-4065)
    

    Lake Tahoe and Environs

    • Views numbered 4001-4065
    • Includes:
    • Tahoe City
    • Warm Springs Hotel
    • Emerald Bay
    • Cave Rock
    • Glenbrook Bay

    Photographed c1881-1883

  • Nevada and the Comstock
    (4066-4192)
    

    Nevada and the Comstock

    • Views numbered 4066-4192
    • Includes:
    • Carson City
    • Virginia City
    • Mining operations
    • Gold Hill

    Photographed 1875-1877

  • C.P.R.R. and Donner Pass
    (4201-4242)
    

    C.P.R.R. and Donner Pass

    • Views numbered 4201-4242
    • Includes:
    • Central Pacific Railroad
    • Soda Springs
    • Donner Summit
    • Donner Lake

    Photographed 1870's

  • Southern California
    (4301-4600)
    

    Southern California

    • Views numbered 4301-4600
    • Includes:
    • Southern Pacific Railroad
    • Los Angeles and Environs
    • San Diego and La Jolla
    • Paso Robles

    Photographed 1876-1877 or 1880

  • California Missions
    (4601-4667)
    

    California Missions

    • Views numbered 4601-4667
    • Includes:
    • Views of Missions from San Diego to Carmel

    Photographed 1876-1877 or 1880

  • Utah - winter of 1873-1874
    (4701-4716)
    

    Utah - winter of 1873-1874

    • Views numbered 4701-4716
    • Includes:
    • Echo Canyon
    • Rock formations
    • Salt Lake City

    Photographed 1873-1874

  • Southern California - 1880
    (4751-4836)
    

    Southern California - 1880

    • Views numbered 4751-4836
    • Includes:
    • Los Angeles and Environs
    • Santa Monica Sea Bathing
    • Sunny Slope Vinyard
    • Cogswell's Sierra Madre Villa

    Photographed 1880

  Stereographs

  • Arizona - 1880
    (4837-4922)
    

    Arizona - 1880

    • Views numbered 4837-4922
    • Includes:
    • Cactus studies
    • Fort Yuma
    • Tucson
    • Native American portraits

    Photographed 1880

  • Santa Cruz and Environs
    (5001-5068)
    

    Santa Cruz and Environs

    • Views numbered 5001-5068
    • Includes:
    • Big Trees, Felton
    • South Pacific Coast Railroad
    • Santa Cruz coastal formations
    • Camp Capitola

    Photographed c1882-1883

  • Washington Territory - 1882
    (5201-5263)
    

    Washington Territory - 1882

    • Views numbered 5201-5263
    • Includes:
    • Panorama of Seattle
    • Puget Sound & vicinity

    Photographed 1882

  • Victoria, B.C. - 1882
    (5264-5303)
    

    Victoria, B.C. - 1882

    • Views numbered 5264-5303
    • Includes:
    • Government buildings
    • Panorama of Victoria

    Photographed 1882

  • Oregon, Idaho and Yellowstone
    (E1-E217)
    

    Oregon, Idaho and Yellowstone

    • Views numbered E1-E217
    • Includes:
    • Scenes on Columbia River
    • Yellowstone National Park

    Photographed 1884-1885

  Unnumbered Stereographs

  • Fourteenth Industrial Exposition

    Fourteenth Industrial Exposition

    • 67 stereographs
    • Includes:
    • 1879 Mechanic's Institute Fair
    • Display of industrial goods
    • Art gallery and exotic garden
    • Watkins photographic display

    Photographed 1879

  • A.B. Clark, Anaheim

    A.B. Clark, Anaheim

    • 9 stereographs
    • Includes:
    • A.B. Clark orchard and home

    Dating uncertain

  Mammoth Prints

  • The Topographical Landscape

    Topographical Landscape

    • Includes:
    • Lake Tahoe
    • Mount Lola

    Photographed c1876-1879

  • Railroads & Agriculture

    Railroads & Agriculture

    • Includes:
    • City of Los Angeles

    Photographed c1877

  Albumns

  • Sunny Slope, San Gabriel, Cal.

    Sunny Slope, San Gabriel, Cal.

    • Includes:
    • Residence of L.J.Rose in Southern California
    • Orchard, farm and winery views

    Photographed 1876-1880

• Other Photographs
  Other photographs

  Images not included in other groups are presented here. Photographs were sometimes issued without titles and need to be identified for placement in the appropriate group.

  Untitled or Unnumbered Stereographs

  • Help identify these photographs and their placement in the appropriate series

    Untitled or unnumbered images

    Dating varies

  Watkins's Personal Collection

  • 36 stereographs owned by Carleton Watkins

    Watkins's Personal Collection

    • Includes:
    • Various outdoor images
    • Studio portraits
    • Watkins images on C.L.Pond mount
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Added April 8, 2016

Contributor: The Huntington Library

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#107 - New Hampshire Rocks looking down ...

#108 - Scene on Yuba River, above Cisco

#114 - Scene at Lake Angela. Altitude 7, ...

#134 - Dry Creek Bridge, 17 miles from S ...

#136 - Train and Curve - Jenny Lind Flat

#138 - Freight Depot at Newcastle, Place ...

#139 - Locomotive on Turntable

#140 - Rocklin Granite Quarry, 22 miles ...

#143 - Griffith's Granite Station

#147 - Train at Griffith's Station, Plac ...

#148 - View of American River Bridge, 3 ...

#152 - Cape Horn, from American River. R ...

#161 - Across Blue Canyon, looking West

#165 - Emigrant Gap, West from tunnel

#183 - Main Street Upper Cisco. 5,911 fe ...

#208 - Coldstream Valley

#219 - View above Cisco

#240 - Engine House and Train. Rocklin, ...

#243 - Clipper Gap

#265 - Boca. Crossing of the Little Truc ...

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#285 - Scene at Depot, at Reno

#293 - Crossing of Wagon Road. Lower Can ...

#297 - View from Basaltic Rocks, looking ...

#309 - Turntable at Wadsworth

#325 - Car of Sup't of Construction. End ...

#327 - Chinese Camp, at End of Track

#329 - Second Crossing of Humboldt River ...

#337 - The Palisades, Ten Mile Canyon

#343 - Train at Argenta, 396 miles from ...

#344 - Machine Shops at Carlin. 445 mile ...

#347 - Elko from the West, 468 miles fro ...

#354 - The First Greeting of the Iron Ho ...

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#1071 - Yosemite Falls, 2630 feet, Yosem ...

#1117 - Cathedral Rocks, 2600 feet, Yose ...

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#7 - Embankment in Dutch Ravine, above N ...

#8 - Approaching Bloomer Cut, from the W ...

#1363 - Telegraph Hill from the North Po ...

#1491 - Wheeler & Wilson. - W. M. Stodda ...

#1540 - Mt. Shasta, view from the east s ...

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#61 - Hydraulic Mining at Gold Run. Plac ...

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Unnumbered - Petrified Forest

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Contributor: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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Unnumbered - Jewish Synagogue

Unnumbered - Winter Scene. Salt Lake

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#2009 - Sugar Loaf Islands, Farallone Is ...

#2056 - Sea Lions, West End, Farallone I ...

#2104 - Residence of W.C. Ralston, Belmo ...

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#1 - Locomotive "Gov. Stanford"

#177 - Crystal Lake and Railroad, from B ...

#257 - Tunnel No. 12, Strong's Canyon

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