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Tours

Featured Watkins Photographs
Tour of selected stereographs by Carleton Watkins
Mammoth
Plates
Mammoth Plate Photographs
Becoming a Professional Photographer
Yosemite Valley and Related Pictures
San Francisco and the Pacific Coast
South, East, and North of San Francisco
The Californa Missions Project
- Northern and Central California
- Southern California and Arizona
Picturing the Topographical Landscape
Railroads and Agriculture
Mining
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
Stereographs
Watkins Pacific Railroad
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
Stereographs
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
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Photographs in other Formats
Albums
Studio Portraits
- Photographs made in Watkins San Franciso Studio
CdV, Cabinet Card, Boudoir Card, Imperial Mount and other Medium Format Prints
Watkins published prints in a variety of formats during his career including Albums, Cabinet Cards, and 8x10 prints.
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Documents & Ephemera
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California Missions

Album containing 70 prints (40 displayed here)

Photographs of California Missions and environs. While the majority of the prints in the album are by Carleton Watkins, the album also includes I.W. Taber images, some by Fiske and a few by unidentified photographers. The album was likely prepared by an individual who obtained the photos from various sources over time.