The Stereoviews of Carleton Watkins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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New Additions to the Watkins website
Image numbers correspond to Watkins stereoview numbers in the Stereoview Catalog

August 15, 2011
Added over 450 images including many early Mendocino views and the entire set of known E series views:
  • J. P. Getty Library, Los Angeles
    • 3
      5
      8
      9
      10
      12
      14
      15
      19
      23
      27
      28
      33
      33
      35
      36
      40
      42
      46
      49
      51
      51
      53
      56
      57
      60
      63
      66
      69
      73
      76
      83
      88
      96
      97
      111
      118
      129
      168
      226
      232
      237
      238
      239
      244
      310
      312
      357
      375
      382
      389
      403
      428
      496
      529
      536
      552
      574
      578
      690
      750
      760
      761
      787
      787
      789
      789
      796
      797
      798
      807
      816
      826
      901
      910
      911
      912
      914
      915
      917
      920
      922
      933
      983
      1014
      1016
      1019
      1019
      1024
      1024
      1028
      1029
      1030
      1052
      1065
      1065
      1068
      1074
      1095
      1097
      1107
      1116
      1118
      1121
      1121
      1127
      1147
      1149
      1149
      1159
      1163
      1164
      1174
      1176
      1324
      1348
      1356
      1369
      1380
      1632
      1644
      1662
      1729
      1730
      1813
      1858
      1942
      1975
      2007
      2007
      2009
      2016
      2018
      2024
      2025
      2027
      2028
      2032
      2037
      2044
      2045
      2046
      2054
      2059
      2071
      2076
      2078
      2131
      2317
      2320
      2337
      2351
      2364
      2368
      2369
      3001
      3057
      3059
      3075
      3089
      3091
      3099
      3103
      3107
      3123
      3154
      3160
      3174
      3309
      3312
      3703
      4039
      4101
      4140
      4157
      4224
      4374
      4430
      4509
      4870
      4888
      4892
      5007
      E24
      E30
      22 (Taber)
      801 (Taber)
      819 (Taber)
      1019 (Taber)
      1065 (Taber)
      1646 (Taber)
      1663 (Taber)
  • California State Library
    • 31
      112
      173
      183
      195
      196
      739
      767
      769
      979
      1392
      1554
      1558
      1599
      1645
      1830
      1841
      1846
      1848
      1849
      1862
      1863
      1866
      1874
      1881
      1966
      2004
      2063
      2104
      2305
      2366
      2547
      2572
      2767
      3005
      3006
      3024
      3025
      3026
      3027
      3032
      3033
      3034
      3043
      3045
      3046
      3047
      3048
      3049
      3059
      3078
      3080
      3082
      3096
      3101
      3104
      3114
      3116
      3118
      3121
      3122
      3147
      3149
      3154
      3165
      3743
      3824
      4024
      4025
      4029
      4030
      4031
      4032
      4033
      4034
      4036
      4037
      4040
      4041
      4042
      4048
      4054
      4057
      4063
      4082
      4701
      4707
      4784
      4785
      4786
      4787
      4788
      4789
      4790
      4791
      4792
      4816
      4817
      4818
      4819
      4837
      4838
      4839
      4854
      4857
      4859
      4861
      4864
      4865
      4866
      4868
      4869
      4872
      4873
      4878
      4885
      4886
      4887
      4890
      4896
      4897
      4901
      4902
      4903
      4904
      4905
      4906
      4907
      4908
      4909
      4910
      4918
      5208
      5219
      5226
      5227
      5230
      5235
      5236
      5239
      5240
      5241
      5242
      5245
      5248
      5249
      5254
      5255
      5256
      5258
      5259
      5260
      5263
      5264
      5265
      5266
      5267
      5269
      5270
      5272
      5273
      5274
      5276
      5287
      5292
      5293
      5294
      5295
      5297
      5298
      5300
      5301
      E1
      E2
      E3
      E4
      E5
      E6
      E7
      E8
      E9
      E10
      E11
      E12
      E15
      E16
      E17
      E18
      E19
      E20
      E21
      E22
      E23
      E24
      E25
      E26
      E27
      E28
      E29
      E30
      E31
      E32
      E33
      E34
      E35
      E36
      E37
      E38
      E40
      E41
      E42
      E43
      E44
      E45
      E46
      E47
      E49
      E50
      E51
      E52
      E53
      E202
      E203
      E204
      E205
      E206
      E207
      E208
      E209
      E210
      E211
      E212
      E213
      E214
      E215
      E216
      E217
  • Bill Eloe: 218, 228, 240, 246, 261, 302, 334, 337, 1345, 1346, 1374, 1604, 1776, 1810, 1884.
  • Bill Lee: 863 (Taber).
  • Jeremy Rowe: Unnumbered Arizona views.
  • John Saddy - Jefferson Stereoptics: 513, 5066.
May 20, 2011
Added images:
  • American Antiquarian Society:
    • 32
      33
      47
      49
      52
      779
      169
      306
      715
      722
      758
      770
      777
      778
      819
      939
      997
      1020
      1028
      1032
      1087
      1096
      1111
      1146
      1339
      1342
      1351
      1577
      1711
      1768
      2073
      2074
      2526
      2528
      2529
      2530
      2533
      2534
      2535
      2539
      2540
      2541
      2546
      2550
      2552
      2555
      2751
      3133
      4215
      5005
  • Jeremy Rowe: 1005, 1007, 1018, 1114, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1162, 1166, .
  • Dan Kerlee: 5201, 5213, 5216, 5224.
October 9 , 2010
Added images:
  • Len Walle:
    • 1
      8
      17
      23
      36
      50
      63
      71
      142
      153
      165
      218
      297
      777
      914
      919
      957
      1029
      1047
      1049
      1109
      1133
      1138
      1139
      1164
      1167
      1238
      1244
      1266
      1285
      1312
      1374
      1375
      1400
      1562
      2287
      2313
      3102
      4061
      E4
      Watkins Pacific Railroad:
      77
      80
      122
      176
      185
      218
      262
      340
  • Russel Norten: 25 (glass), 44 (glass), 246. Watkins Pacific Railroad 323.
  • Ken Rosen: 4348, 5252, 5282.
  • David Dickinson: 474.
  • Carl Mautz: Watkins Pacific Railroad 195.
  • Drew Johnson: 978.
  • Jeff Kraus: 2057.
  • Steve Heselton: 403.
July 6 , 2010
Added images:
  • Bill Lee: 145, 585, 2446. Watkins Pacific Railroad 268. A.A. Hart 1, 33, 60, 155, 268, 307.
  • Jeremy Rowe: 4896.
  • Stereoview.net: 2350.
  • Online Archive of Califirnia: Eadweard Muybridge images of Watkins view numbers 1628, 1631, 1633.
April 8, 2010
Courtesy of Ken Rosen:
  • Added title and image:   182, 409, 542, 704, 1600, 1622, 1798, 1850, 1945, 2233.
  • Added image:   770, 1281, 1359, 1705, 1713, 1749, 2340, 2460, 3124, 4840, 4867, E201.
January 31, 2010
Added images courtesy of:
  • Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library:

  • 130
    140
    141
    147
    171
    177
    181
    187
    221
    238
    245
    260
    265
    268
    271
    529
    695
    716
    753
    804
    981
    1001
    1066
    1099
    1298
    1319
    1330
    1354
    1544
    1560
    1568
    1575
    1582
    1625
    1648
    1649
    1667
    1731
    1740
    1759
    1779
    1812
    1906
    1920
    1933
    1953
    1962
    2003
    2005
    2011
    2051
    2119
    2194
    2195
    2219
    2224
    2331
    2349
    2513
    2517
    2768
    3120
    4387
    4484
  • Mechanics' Institute Library:

  • 433
    462
    627
    637
    638
    639
    640
    641
    642
    643
    644
    645
    646
    647
    648
    649
    650
    651
    652
    653
    654
    656
    657
    658
    659
    660
    661
    662
    663
    664
    665
    666
    1421
    1486
  • Bill Lee: 161, 176, 223, 265, 583, 1031, 1070, 1072, 1135.
  • Stereoview.net: 4051.
  • Steve Heselton: 162, 309, 33_, 757, 2067.
January 3, 2010
Added images courtesy of:
  • Phil Nathanson:

  • 10
    18
    22
    30
    46
    59
    62
    144
    151
    220
    244
    260
    283
    675
    754
    779
    901
    902
    904
    941
    1001
    1004
    1031
    1059
    1102
    1114
    1123
    1129
    1135
    1143
    1226
    1236
    1291
    1341
    1542
    1547
    1563
    1588
    1639
    1650
    1658
    1719
    1732
    1763
    1837
    1852
    1872
    1977
    2006
    2021
    2038
    2053
    2066
    2113
    2123
    2285
    2310
    2325
    2326
    2329
    2342
    2357
    3016
    3041
    3714
    4388
    4516
    4785
    4790
    4793
    4799
    4829
    4844
    4862
  • Leonard Ances: unnumbered view - possibly 310.
  • Robert Smith: 2039.
  • Stereoview.net: 2275, 4808.

August 23 , 2009

  • Added images courtesy of Phil Nathanson:

  • 39
    809
    1094
    1108
    1127
    1164
    1220
    1809
    1838
    2020
    2036
    2317
    2351
    3009
    3030
    3053
    3058
    3078
    3083
    3095
    3109
    3113
    3119
    3126
    3158
    4038
    4459
    4781
    4810
    4822
    4826
    4830
    4831
    4883
    5239
    E28
    E39
    Watkins Pacific Railroad:
    13
    150
    296
    331

August 8 , 2009

  • Added title and image: 235, 743, 1971, 2101, 2461.
  • Added image:
    170
    218
    742
    802
    1225
    1262
    1263
    1276
    1332
    1359
    1363
    1548
    1590
    1598
    1632
    1634
    1645
    1726
    1810
    1816
    1881
    2109
    2229
    2301
    2312
    2322
    2335
    2346
    2361
    2363
    2366
    2516
    2520
    2767
    3038
    3040
    3045
    3807
    4028
    4240
    4436
    4458
    4846
    4848
    4849
    4850
    5024
    E7
    E48
    E203

July 6 , 2009
Added title and image:

  • Bill Lee: 556.
  • Steve Heselton: 692.

February 14, 2009
Added over 750 views from the collections of California State Library, Library of Congress and The New York Public Library as well as views contributed by several individuals

  • Bill Lee: 247, 679, 1258, 1270, 1272, 1320, 1331, 2753, 4783, 4893, AA Hart #263.
  • Bruce Lancaster: 2012.
  • David Horine: 2423, 3036.
  • David Knight: 1668.
  • Graham Pilecki: 1, 2, 694, 703, 721, 780, 1101, 1111, 1133, 1620, 1624, 1631, 1641, 1720.
  • kbcb: 1234, 1243.
  • Nancy McCreery: 3066, 3148, 3169, 3171, 4841, 4858.
  • R. Paul Firnhaber: 812.
  • California State Library:
  •      Watkins Old Series and New Series
    2 41 45 48 53 72 76 222 298 353 400 505 582 607 635 650
    699 701 706 767 793 795 799 824 947 950 968 1003 1006 1072 1074 1075
    1084 1379 1383 1617 1621 1630 1633 1647 1651 1710 1725 1728 1732 1782 1804 1805
    1808 1814 1817 1821 1835 1886 2159 2220 2221 2222 2223 2228 2274 3167 3168 3301
    3302 3303 3304 3305 3306 3308 3310 3311 3313 3314 3316 3318 3319 3321 3559 3571
    3581 3594 3595 3596 3601 3622 3635 3637 3641 3642 3657 3658 3701 3723 3731 3746
    3747 3781 3782 4078 4079 4080 4081 4083 4084 4085 4086 4087 4088 4089 4090 4091
    4092 4093 4094 4095 4096 4098 4099 4100 4101 4102 4103 4104 4105 4106 4107 4108
    4109 4110 4111 4130 4132 4136 4137 4140 4144 4150 4153 4156 4157 4158 4159 4161
    4163 4164 4170 4171 4172 4175 4180 4186 4187 4188 4189 4190 4191 4192 4205 4206
    4233 4321 4322 4324 4326 4327 4329 4330 4332 4353 4358 4367 4373 4376 4381 4383
    4384 4385 4386 4393 4395 4398 4399 4401 4404 4417 4418 4419 4421 4423 4424 4425
    4427 4429 4431 4432 4433 4434 4435 4437 4439 4441 4445 4446 4451 4452 4456 4457
    4460 4487 4489 4491 4497 4499 4501 4504 4505 4509 4510 4511 4612 4642 4649 4751
    4755 4757 4758 4762 4769 4773 4774 4778 4779 4794 4795 4796 4797 4798 4800 4802
    4803 4804 4805 4806 4807 4809 4811 4812 4813 4815 4821 4824 4825 4828 4832 4833
    4834 4835 4880 4882 4884 4912 4913 4915 4916 4917 4919 4920 4921 4922
         Watkins Pacific Railroad and AA Hart
    4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 15 17 20 21 22 22 25 25
    27 30 31 32 38 40 41 42 43 44 46 48 50 52 56 61
    66 69 72 73 74 75 80 81 83 90 92 92 101 101 102 103
    112 113 116 117 117 118 119 120 121 132 135 142 144 149 154 160
    166 167 169 175 187 189 190 194 197 199 204 206 207 210 212 217
    221 224 228 233 234 248 251 255 256 267 271 274 276 287 313 315
    332 334 339 342 361
  • Library of Congress:
  •      Watkins Old Series and New Series
    1013 1015 1091 1124 1138 1144 1151 1152 2306 3003 3011 3014 3052 3065 3067 3071
    3074 3081 3084 3085 3086 3091 3094 3097 3100 3105 3110 3111 3112 3125 3127 3128
    3131 3140 3142 3146 3148 3152 3157 3163 3166 3170 3172
         Watkins Pacific Railroad and AA Hart
    10 16 18 24 39 48 51 53 58 59 61 62 68 72 73 76
    77 78 79 82 85 86 87 91 93 95 97 104 106 109 110 111
    115 118 122 123 126 127 131 141 149 151 153 156 159 162 163 170
    171 172 173 174 175 176 178 179 180 184 187 188 189 190 191 192
    195 196 199 201 202 203 206 209 215 216 218 221 223 227 229 230
    231 232 236 237 238 239 242 244 245 247 249 252 253 254 258 259
    261 264 269 270 271 273 275 276 279 280 288 289 291 292 294 295
    299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 310 311 313 315 316 317 318
    320 321 322 328 330 334 335 336 339 340 341 346 349 352 353 355
    362 364
  • New York Public Library:
  •      Watkins Old Series and New Series
    2 7 9 16 23 61 64 71 124 137 226 344 504 507 551 606
    694 696 701 733 750 765 768 805 811 813 820 821 848 890 892 895
    945 960 1010 1014 1017 1018 1027 1030 1066 1079 1089 1098 1100 1101 1103 1105
    1112 1113 1121 1122 1126 1130 1147 1149 1156 1207 1229 1243 1246 1250 1274 1300
    1306 1318 1320 1325 1326 1327 1328 1331 1540 1553 1572 1580 1581 1586 1587 1593
    1596 1665 1668 1734 1746 1805 1824 1865 1879 1907 1908 1924 1925 1936 1948 1988
    2041 2055 2063 2230 2318 2321 2339 2404 2406 2407 2411 2418 2424 2425 2427 2467
    2525 2532 2542 2545 2548 2549 2553 2556 2557 2753 2754 2758 2765 2766 2769 2770
    3004 3010 3013 3015 3017 3031 3037 3042 3056 3060 3068 3070 3072 3073 3077 3079
    3092 3098 3129 3143 3145 3153 3155 3156 3161 3164 3306 3549 3632 3733 4006 4015
    4017 4027 4035 4044 4064 4132 4162 4164
         Watkins Pacific Railroad and AA Hart
    6 22 65 73 74 84 94 111 115 118 121 151 173 215 225 236
    238 248 260 261 275 290 299 300 305 321 324 338 341

September 25, 2005
Added the Watkins Pacific Railroad series. This series encompasses the 364 stereoviews by Alfred Hart (published by Watkins after 1870) showing the construction of the Central Pacific railroad over the Sierra Nevada mountains and across the Nevada and Utah desert. Views on Hart mounts are included where Watkins mounts are not available or where differences in cropping occur.

July 12 , 2005
  • Expanded the untitled and unnumbered views section to include contributions from The Society of California Pioneers, Len Walle and Steve Heselton
  • Added Old Series and New Series views from the collection of Len Walle, Bruce Graver, Dave and Cindi Wood, David Miura, Gary D. Lowe, Graham Pilecki, Jeff Armstrong, Kieth Stern, Robert W. Smith, Ron Perisho and William Jeager.
October 19, 2004
This update continues the addition of stereoviews from the Society of California Pioneers collection. One hundred sixty-eight views of Watkins early series have been added:

27
153
258
460
472
719
785
998
1159
1594
1720
1912
2050
2072
2368
2512
52
156
298
461
473
725
786
1000
1160
1603
1722
2017
2052
2219
2370
2514
70
159
303
462
474
737
952
1035
1169
1606
1723
2023
2058
2220
2393
2518
84
174
317
463
481
741
953
1056
1344
1607
1748
2026
2060
2226
2396
2522
113
184
321
464
506
745
962
1083
1347
1613
1770
2029
2061
2227
2481
2523
115
188
338
465
509
764
967
1085
1373
1626
1774
2031
2062
2228
2502
2756
126
214
342
466
521
769
972
1099
1393
1629
1796
2034
2063
2259
2504
127
222
344
467
545
772
973
1131
1545
1638
1857
2040
2064
2263
2506
133
227
354
468
666
773
974
1133
1576
1642
1860
2042
2065
2297
2507
136
239
377
469
669
775
975
1142
1583
1654
1861
2043
2068
2299
2508
152
252
396
470
710
777
995
1148
1589
1701
1880
2048
2069
2304
2509
152
254
402
471
714
778
996
1150
1592
1708
1910
2049
2070
2323
2511

And contributions from the following individuals:
  • From the Arizona series (taken in 1880), images 4852, 4853, 4860, 4871, 4874, 4875, 4876, 4879, 4891, 4893, 4894, 4895, courtesy of Jeremy Rowe.
  • Images 585, 670, 679, 1595, 1736, 1856, 2458, 2755, 2771, 3759, 4126, 4847, 4876, 5211, 5216, 5246, 5273, E13, courtesy of Bill Lee.
  • Images 26, 84, 599, 670, 1005, 1080, 1382, 1541, 1902, 1912, 1918, 2110, courtesy of David Horine.
  • Image 17, courtesy of Linda M. Lebsack Brooks.
  • Images 2022 and 2033, courtesy of William Jaeger.
  • Image 1210, courtesy of Stephen Bohrer.

 

September 21, 2004
Today brings a major expansion of the New Series image collection. My sincere appreciation goes to the Society of California Pioneers and all of the private collectors for their generous contributions.
  • More than 670 New Series images have been provided by the Society of California Pioneers.
  • Added images 3754, 3761, 3764, 4702, courtesy of Bill Lee.
  • Added images 3021, 3752, courtesy of David Horine.
  • Added images 3054, 3151, 3634, 4394, 4438, 4455, courtesy of William Jaeger.
  • From Steve Heselton, images for 3542, 3689, 3699, 3715, 3751, 3806, 4147, 4149, 4152, 4155, 5001, 5003 and E14.
July 31, 2004
  • Added images 94, 1161, 1165, 1167, 1172, 1176, 3087, 3089 and 3090. Identified previouly unnumbered image as view number 2023. Courtesy Gary D. Lowe.
    • Note: View #1176 (an old series number) is a photograph c. 1881 issued on a Taber mount and a Watkins New Series mount
  • Added titles and images for numbers 161, 2419, 2426 and 2430. Added images 55, 101, 806, 1106, 1286, 1630, 2015, 2047, 2310, 2314, 2338, 3537, 3645, and possible images of 3646 and 3648. Courtesy Robert W. Smith.
    • Note: View #1630 is on a New Series mount as well as a Taber mount, possibly from a duplicate negative.
    • Note: Views 3645 and possibly 3646 and 3648 are from a panoramic series numbered 2, 3, and 5 respectively.
  • Added image 1293, courtesy Ken and Bonnie Williams.
  • Added image 1029, courtesy Keith Stern.
June 26, 2004
  • Expanded the website with the addition of the complete New Series title listings. New Series pages initially include images courtesy of Jim Crain and The Bancroft Library.
  • Added images 13, 788, 1068, 1146 and 1485. Courtesy William Jaeger.
  • Added title for number 1884.
  • Added titles for numbers 2358, 2464, 2447, 2770. Courtesy Kim Leavitt.
  • Added titles for numbers 111, 260, 262, 283, 296, 338, 802, 901, 902, 907, 910, 920, 945, 675, 679, 1542, 1884, 2287, 2324, 2347, 2460. Courtesy Phil Nathanson.
January 22, 2004
  • Added images 589, 660, 672, 764, 766, 776, 780, 794, 943, 1358, 1385, 1395, 1400, 1635, 1733, 1735, 1741, 1756, 1769, 1839, 2507, 2752 and three unnumbered images. Courtesy Jeremy Rowe.
  • Added images 1431 and 1523, courtesy Bill Lee.
 
January 9, 2004
  • Added images 1155 and 1565, courtesy of Bill Lee.
  • Added titles for numbers 2039, 2120, 2320, 2341, 2343, 2344, 2345. Courtesy William Jaeger.
January 2, 2004
  • Revised "More About Watkins" page and added page of Watkins glass stereoviews.
  • Added image number 2764, courtesy of Jeff Kraus.
December 28, 2003
  • Added many of the Columbia River series images (1200-1337) courtesy of Jim Crain.
  • A new page containing UNNUMBERED views has been added to the stereoview list.
  • Added image number 2750 courtesy of Bill Lee.
  • Added image numbers 317, 976, 982, 985, 1356, 1364, 1615, 1648, 1661, 1703 and 1714 courtesy of Jeff Kraus.
  • Added images for numbers 1627, 1630, 1640, 2246, 2458, 2749 and 2751 courtesy of Jim Crain.
December 20, 2003
Added titles for numbers 124, 144, 237, 403, 577, 582, 609, 694, 796 and 993. Courtesy William Jaeger.

December 3, 2003
  • Added George Eastman House images of early Yosemite (21 views on glass) from Watkins first visit in 1861.
  • Added image number 905 courtesy of Bill Lee.
  • Added image number 1640 courtesy of Jeff Kraus.
December 1, 2003
Added five views from the CPRR Pullman Car series (numbers 1531-1538), courtesy of the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum.

November 28, 2003

Added titles from the Society of California Pioneers collection. View numbers:
115 159 317 481 745 1344 1860 2017 2259 2396
126 184 354 506 972 1722 1861 2026 2263 2508
127 188 396 719 973 1723 1880 2063 2297 2523
133 227 402 737 995 1748 1910 2220 2299
152 298 405 741 996 1857 1912 2228 2393

November 19, 2003
The initial version of this site contains the list of "Old Series" stereoview titles assembled by Peter Palmquist with later additions compiled by Jim Crain and Steve Heselton. Images have been provided by Steve Heselton and Jim Crain. In addition, The Bancroft Library has agreed to include links to their extensive holdings via the On-Line Archive of California.

 

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