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  Featured Watkins Photographs

  Tour of selected stereographs by Carleton Watkins
• Mammoth
  Plates

  Mammoth Plate Photographs

  Becoming a Professional Photographer

  • Watkins Earliest Photographs
  • Las Mariposas Mining Estate, Mariposa County
  • Rancho San Antonio, Alameda County
  • Specimens
  • New Almaden Mine, Santa Clara County

  Yosemite Valley and Related Pictures

  • Mariposa Grove and Mariposa Trail
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  • Vernal Fall, Nevada Fall, and Cap of Liberty
  • Yosemite Valley from the North and South Rim
  • Calaveras Big Tree Grove, Calaveras County

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  • Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties

  The Californa Missions Project

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  • Southern California and Arizona

  Picturing the Topographical Landscape

  • California
  • Utah and Wyoming
  • Arizona

  Railroads and Agriculture

  • Railroads
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  • Los Angeles County and Points East

  Mining

  • Nevada County, California
  • State of Nevada
  • Arizona and Montana
  • Butte County, California

  Other Subjects

  • Portraits and Works of Art

  

  Watkins used a specially constructed camera to expose 18 x 22 inch glass plates. He created over 1200 mammoth plate photographs during his career. Watkins photographs of Yosemite were very influentual in creation of the park.

• Stereographs
  1859-1874

  Stereographs 1859-1874   (Watkins Old Series and Watkins Pacific Railroad)

  Stereographs

  • Rancho Las Mariposas
  • Yosemite - c1861
    (1-100)
  • New Almaden & San Jose
    (101-199)
  • Mendocino
    (200-296)
  • San Francisco & Environs - 1860-64
    (297-576)
  • San Francisco & Environs - 1864-66
    (577-800)
  • Yosemite & misc California
    (801-899)
  • Spring Valley Water Works
    (900-925)
  • San Francisco - c1868
    (926-1000)
  • Yosemite
    (1001-1200)
  • Columbia River & vicinity
    (1201-1337)
  • San Francisco & CPRR
    (1338-1538)
  • Mt Shasta & Northern California
    (1539-1600)
  • San Francisco - c1872
    (1601-1800)
  • Sierra Nevada Mining
    (1801-1835)
  • Vallejo & San Francisco
    (1839-2000)
  • Farallone Islands
    (2001-2078)
  • San Francisco & Environs - c1872
    (2079-2300)
  • Napa and Sonoma Geysers
    (2301-2359)

  Stereographs

  • San Francisco and Environs
    (2360-2500)
  • Modoc War
    (2501-2524)
  • Marin County and San Mateo
    (2525-2599)
  • Utah
    (2700-2771)

  Watkins Pacific Railroad

  • Sierra Nevada Foothils
    (1-99)
  • High Sierra & Sacramento
    (100-199)
  • Sierra Summit & Reno
    (200-299)
  • Nevada desert & Last Rail
    (300-364)

  

  Watkins was widely recognized for his photographs during this time, receiving a medal from the Paris International Exposition in 1867. This group of photographs are known as Watkins Old Series and are some of the earliest photographs of California and Oregon.

• Stereographs
  1875-1890

  Stereographs 1875 to 1890   (Watkins New Series)

  Stereographs

  • Yosemite - 1878-1881
    (3001-3175)
  • Oakland and Misc Railroad
    (3301-3323)
  • Alpine County and Round Top
    (3382-3393)
  • North Bloomfield Gravel Mines
    (3394-3400)
  • Mammoth Big Tree Grove
    (3501-3537)
  • River Mining and Misc
    (3538-3546)
  • San Francisco
    (3547-3661)
  • Southern California - c1878
    (3662-3667)
  • San Francisco and Environs
    (3668-3782)
  • Miscellaneous
    (3783-3800)
  • Monterey and Environs
    (3801-3899)
  • Lake Tahoe and Environs
    (4001-4065)
  • Nevada and the Comstock
    (4066-4192)
  • C.P.R.R. and Donner Pass
    (4201-4242)
  • Southern California
    (4301-4600)
  • California Missions
    (4601-4667)
  • Utah - winter of 1873-1874
    (4701-4716)
  • Southern California - 1880
    (4751-4836)

  Stereographs

  • Arizona - 1880
    (4837-4922)
  • Santa Cruz and Environs
    (5001-5068)
  • Washington Territory - 1882
    (5201-5263)
  • Victoria, B.C. - 1882
    (5264-5303)
  • Oregon, Idaho and Yellowstone
    (E1-E217)

  Unnumbered Series

  • Fourteenth Industrial Exposition
  • A.B. Clark, Anaheim

  Albumns

  • Sunny Slope, San Gabriel, Cal.

  

  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" stereographs begin with series number 3001.

• Other
  Formats

  Photographs in other Formats

  Albums

  • Yosemite Valley, Watkins New Series, 1878
  • R. H. - 1874, Yosemite
  • Sunny Slope, San Gabriel, Cal.
  • California Missions

  Studio Portraits

  • Photographs made in Watkins San Franciso Studio

  Cabinet Card, Boudoir Card, Imperial Mount and other Medium Format Prints

  • Yosemite Valley and Related Pictures
  • San Francisco and Environs
  • Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties
  • Mount Shasta and Northern California
  • Oregon
  • Southern California
  • Arizona and Utah

  

  Watkins published prints in a variety of formats during his career including Albums, Cabinet Cards, and 8x10 prints.

• Documents &
  Ephemera

  Documents & Ephemera

  • Advertising and Trade Cards
  • Lists of Watkins Stereoscopic Views
  • Watkins Railroad Passes - 1884 to 1900

  

  Includes advertising, trade cards, personal correspondence, and other documents.

• About
  About Carleton Watkins

  • Carleton Watkins - A brief biography
  • Watkins's Personal Collection
  • Links to related information

  About CarletonWatkins.org

  • Guide to using CarletonWatkins.org
  • New Additions to CarletonWatkins.org
  • List of missing titles and images
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New Additions to CarletonWatkins.org

Added July 1, 2020

Contributor: Phil Nathanson

Unnumbered - CLIFF HOUSE AND SEAL ROCKS, ...

Unnumbered - Untitled

Unnumbered - At the Del Monte Hotel Mont ...

Unnumbered - Lake Vinyard, San Gabriel

Unnumbered - Orange Grove

Unnumbered - Pasadena Burro, or Narrow G ...

Unnumbered - Untitled

Unnumbered - View from the Sierra Madre ...

Unnumbered - The Sierra Madre Villa, San ...

Unnumbered - Untitled

Unnumbered - Untitled

Unnumbered - Untitled

Unnumbered - Victoria Regia, Golden Gate ...

Unnumbered - Untitled

#B 174 - Carmel Mission, with glimpse of ...

#B177 - The Loop, S.P.R.R, California.

#B 328 - Hotel Del Monte, Monterey.

#B 3066 - The Three Brothers, 480 ft., Y ...

#B 3507 - Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel from ...

#B 3521 - The Mother of the Forest throu ...

#B 3764 - Interior, Chinese Restaurant, ...

#B 4385 - Pasadena as it Was.

#D. 7. - Oneonta Gorge, Columbia River S ...

#D 98 - Castle Rock, Columbia River Scen ...

#D 164 - The Rapids, Upper Cascades, Col ...

#D 172 - Islands in the Columbia, Upper ...

#D 173 - Upper Cascades from the Oregon ...

#D 188 - Glimpse of Lake Pend d'Oreille, ...

#D 227 - Minerva Terraces, Mammoth Hot S ...

#D 228 - Minerva Terraces, Mammoth Hot S ...

#B 3883 - Bridge on the Cypress Highway. ...

#B 4,301. - The Loop; Train Over Tunnel ...

#No. B. 5207 - Panorama of Seattle, Puge ...

#4870 - Colorado River Steamer "Gila," A ...

Added June 27, 2020

Contributor: Steve Heselton

Unnumbered - Untitled

#771 - This is a Cow, San Francisco.

#993 - Prince and Wretch

#1178 - White & Hatches', Mariposa Count ...

#3546 - El Capitan, Merced, Cal.

Added June 15, 2020

Contributor: Roger Genser - The Prints & The Pauper

Unnumbered - Sierra Madre Villa, San Gab ...

Added April 18, 2020

Contributor: Phil Nathanson

Unnumbered - Palace Hotel, Interior View ...

#D 164 - The Rapids, Upper Cascades, Col ...

Contributor: Steve Heselton

Unnumbered - San Francisco City Director ...

Unnumbered - San Francisco City Director ...

Unnumbered - The Cliff House and Environ ...

Unnumbered - Down the Valley from the Fe ...

Unnumbered - Indian Rancherie

#B 161 - Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, Ariz ...

#46 - Bay View from Freundts, Big River.

#132 - Rural View, New Almaden.

#5005 - Redwood Family, Big Tree Grove, ...

#5009 - The San Lorenzo from the R. R. c ...

Added April 12, 2020

Contributor: Mason Collection

#24 - Bay View from above the Ferry

#41 - The Metis. Outward Bound

#54 - Coast View, Mendocino

#221 - Basket Making, Mendocino

#223 - Rancherio, Big River

#230 - View from above the Mill, Mendoci ...

#234 - Residence of Freundt

#285 - Entrance to the Albion River, Men ...

#288 - Noyo Mill, Mendocino County, Cali ...

#291 - Noyo Bay and Mill, Mendocino Coun ...

Added March 22, 2020

Contributor: John Carpenter

Unnumbered - San Diego de Alcala, July 1 ...

Unnumbered - Mission San Jose, Es. June ...

Unnumbered - San Luis Rey de Francia, Ju ...

Unnumbered - Mission Santa Barbara, Es. ...

Unnumbered - San Juan Capistrano, Nov 1, ...

Unnumbered - San Gabriel Arcangel, Sep 8 ...

Unnumbered - Mission San Miguel, July 25 ...

Unnumbered - San Antonio de Padua, Es. J ...

Unnumbered - San Carlos de Borromeo, Car ...

Unnumbered - San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, ...

Unnumbered - San Xavai, Arizona

Unnumbered - Indian Huts, San Gabriel

Unnumbered - Untitled

Unnumbered - Old Adobe, Mission San Gabr ...

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Unnumbered - The Loop. Tehachapi Pass, S ...

Unnumbered - Mission Santa Barbara, Esta ...

Unnumbered - Mission San Miguel, Establi ...

Unnumbered - San Miguel, July 25, 1797

Unnumbered - A Bee Ranch, San Gabriel

Unnumbered - Mission San Fernando Rey, E ...

Unnumbered - Mission San Fernando Rey, E ...

Unnumbered - Mission San Juan Capistrano ...

Unnumbered - Mission San Juan Capistrano ...

Unnumbered - Mission San Luis Rey de Fra ...

Unnumbered - La Joli, Pacific Coast near ...

Added March 15, 2020

Contributor: John Carpenter

Unnumbered - The Domes, Yosemite Valley

Unnumbered - Outline of the Cathedral Ro ...

Unnumbered - Untitled

Unnumbered - North Dome and Royal Arches ...

Unnumbered - View on the Merced, Yosemit ...

Unnumbered - Glacier Point, Yosemite

Unnumbered - Glacier Point

Unnumbered - Washington Column and Half ...

Unnumbered - Rock Cottage, Bernard's, Yo ...

Unnumbered - Casa Nevada, (Snow's), Yose ...

Unnumbered - Leidig's Hotel, Yosemite Va ...

Unnumbered - Grizzly Giant, (Sequoia Gig ...

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