The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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Number	Title		Image (click for larger image)
198 ( 816)	Yosemite Falls, Front View CPM cat. no. 198, no. 816 Mammoth Plate		No Image Available
199 ( 51)	Yosemite Falls CPM cat. no. 199, no. 51 Descriptive Title: Yosemite Falls Mammoth Plate Notes: CW-TCMP. p.90—The Great Yosemite Valley #199 Tags: Building \| California \| Framed Composition \| Glass Mount \| Mammoth Plate Related \| Mariposa County \| Tree \| Year 1861 or Before \| Yosemite Valley	Courtesy of Library of Congress	Quick View
200 ( 835)	On the Road to Yosemite Falls CPM cat. no. 200, no. 835 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ¹⁄₄ x 15 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 21 ³⁄₄ x 16 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Remake of Old Series 51. Bennett collection reads: Recto mount on pasted paper label, centered below image: On the Road to Yosemite Fall, 2634 Ft. Yosemite, with series number 835 and his 427 Montgo ...	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
201 ( 833)	Mirror View of Upper Yosemite Fall CPM cat. no. 201, no. 833 Mammoth Plate		No Image Available
202 ( 55)	Upper Yosemite Fall CPM cat. no. 202, no. 55 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ¹⁄₈ x 16 ¹⁄₄ in., mount 28 x 22 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Exhibited at 1867 Paris Expo; Exhibited at 1868 MI Fair Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Falls \| Yosemite Valley \| Yosemite Zone 8 - Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
203 ( 56)	Lower Yosemite Fall CPM cat. no. 203, no. 56 Descriptive Title: Lower Yosemite Fall Mammoth Plate Notes: CW-TCMP p. 91—The Great Yosemite Valley #203 Tags: California \| Close Up \| Mammoth Plate Same Viewpoint \| Manuscript Title \| Mariposa County \| Messy Environment \| Moving Water \| Yosemite Valley \| Yosemite Zone 8 - Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls	Courtesy of Library of Congress	Quick View
204 ( 840)	Lower Yosemite Fall CPM cat. no. 204, no. 840 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: CEW number attributed	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
205 ( 838)	Yosemite Falls, View from the Bottom CPM cat. no. 205, no. 838 Mammoth Plate	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
206 ( 839)	Lower Yosemite Fall CPM cat. no. 206, no. 839 Mammoth Plate		No Image Available
207 ( 847)	Upper Yosemite Fall, View from Eagle Point Trail CPM cat. no. 207, no. 847 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Nathanson label text is: UPPER YOSEMITE FALL. 1600 FT. [note singular]. No. 849. Watkins' New Series, 427 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.		No Image Available
208	Upper Yosemite Falls CPM cat. no. 208, unnumbered Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: This view was made looking north-northeast from a position on present-day Yosemite Falls Trail at approximately 2 km (6,600 ft.) elevation near thefreshwater spring marked on present-day topographic ...		No Image Available
209 ( 848)	The Domes from the Foot of Upper Yosemite Fall CPM cat. no. 209, no. 848 Mammoth Plate	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
210 ( 849)	Upper Yosemite Valley, View from Eagle Point Trail CPM cat. no. 210, no. 849 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Formed from joining of 2 mammoth plates -- left half (849) at YM & CHS, right half (848) at YM.		No Image Available
211 ( 45)	Camp Grove, Looking Up River, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 211, no. 45 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₄ x 20 ³⁄₈ in., mount 20 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ x 27 in.)	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
212 ( 813)	North Dome from Camp Grove, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 212, no. 813 Mammoth Plate		No Image Available
213 ( 58)	The Domes from Yosemite Valley CPM cat. no. 213, no. 58 Mammoth Plate	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
214 ( 819)	Winter on the Domes, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 214, no. 819 Mammoth Plate		No Image Available
215 ( 818)	Winter on the Domes, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 215, no. 818 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 28 ¹⁄₄ x 20 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Possibly CEW 818. Note: Snow covers upper elevations--background is pale--may not be visible in copy print. Recto mount in pencil upper right: 11. The Half Dome 500 ft. The First Touch of Winter.		No Image Available
216 ( 59)	The Domes, Yo Semite CPM cat. no. 216, no. 59 Descriptive Title: The Domes, Close View, Yosemite Mammoth Plate Notes: CW-TCMP p. 96—The Great Yosemite Valley #216 Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Valley \| Yosemite Zone 9 - North Dome, Royal Arches, Washington Column	Courtesy of Library of Congress	Quick View
217 ( 35)	Half Dome, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 217, no. 35 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Exhibited at 1867 Paris Expo; Exhibited at 1869 MI Fair. Taber title on print (â€The Half Dome...â€) differs from Taber title on list (â€River View...â€). Related to NS812		No Image Available
218 ( 61)	Half Dome, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 218, no. 61 Mammoth Plate	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
219 ( 60)	Half Dome from Yosemite Valley CPM cat. no. 219, no. 60 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: CHNDM dome top		No Image Available
220 ( 62)	Half Dome, Best Close View, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 220, no. 62 Descriptive Title: Half Dome, Best Close View, Yosemite Mammoth Plate Notes: CW-TCMP p. 98—The Great Yosemite Valley #220 Tags: California \| Instantaneous View \| Mammoth Plate Same Viewpoint \| Mariposa County \| Merced River \| Pair \| Serial Imagery \| Yosemite Valley \| Yosemite Zone 9 - North Dome, Royal Arches, Washington Column	Courtesy of Library of Congress	Quick View
221 ( 82)	Half Dome, Near View from Yosemite Valley CPM cat. no. 221, no. 82 Mammoth Plate		No Image Available
222 ( 36)	Down the Valley from Foot of El Capitan CPM cat. no. 222, no. 36 Mammoth Plate		No Image Available