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Vernal Fall, Nevada Fall, and Cap of Liberty

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239 ( 87)	Vernal Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 239, no. 87 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 20 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Same viewpoint as NS 859. Exhibited at 1868 MI Fair. JPGM 84.XM493.30, inscribed â€œVernal Fall__300 ft.â€. CEW # on CSL print Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
240 ( 88)	Vernal Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 240, no. 88 Mammoth Plate (image 20 ¹⁄₂ x 16 ¹⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: UCLA print has CEW number on print Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall		No Image Available
241 ( 859)	Vernal Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 241, no. 859 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall		No Image Available
242 ( 89)	Mount Broderick and Nevada Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 242, no. 89 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Compare Taber 1016 after building hotel. D. Wolf print dome top. Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
243 ( 858)	The Cap of Liberty and Nevada Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 243, no. 858 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
244	Snowâ€™s Hotel, Nevada Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 244, unnumbered Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: CEW per mount info at Yosemite Research Library. Watkins title in Seregni-esque calligraphy, along with â€œCE Watkinsâ€ calligraphy l.r. corner mount. In collection of Howard Egling, great ... Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
245 ( 90)	Nevada Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 245, no. 90 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
246 ( 91)	Cascade between the Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 246, no. 91 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹¹⁄₁₆ x 20 ⁷⁄₈ in., mount 20 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ x 27 in.) Notes: CMP notes: CSL print identified as a Bradley & Rulofson photo. UCLA has a variant--the one seen in pl. 49 of CSL â€œ112 Placesâ€ Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
247 ( 92)	Nevada Fall 700 ft. Yosemite CPM cat. no. 247, no. 92 Descriptive Title: Nevada Fall Yosemite Mammoth Plate Notes: CW-TCMP p.109—The Great Yosemite Valley #247 Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of Library of Congress	Quick View
248 ( 846)	Nevada Fall, Yosemite CPM cat. no. 248, no. 846 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| Mariposa County \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall		No Image Available

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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.

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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.

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