The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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315	The Cliff House, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 315, unnumbered Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
316	The Cliff House, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 316, unnumbered Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: PHMA print title on pasted paper labe: Cliff House./San Francisco/Watkins' New Series, 427 montgomery Street, San Francisco Tags: California \| Cliff House \| Crowd \| Horse \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Seal Rock \| Sutro Baths \| Sutro Cottage \| Sutro Heights	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
317 ( 295)	The Cliff House from the Beach, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 317, no. 295 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₄ x 20 ⁵⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: CEW number on BL & AGS print Tags: Beach \| California \| Cliff House \| Ocean Beach \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Seal Rock	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
318 ( 293)	The Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 318, no. 293 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Seal Rock	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
319 ( 668)	The Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 319, no. 668 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ¹⁄₄ x 21 in.) Notes: CMP notes: CEW number on Koch gallery print Tags: Beach \| California \| Cliff House \| Crowd \| Ocean Beach \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Seal Rock \| View from the Ocean	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
320 ( 285)	Alcatraz Island from Black Point, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 320, no. 285 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 20 ⁵⁄₁₆ in., mount 16 ³⁄₄ x 21 ⁷⁄₈ in.) Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
321 ( 327)	San Francisco Woolen Factory CPM cat. no. 321, no. 327 Mammoth Plate (image 12 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 16 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: This is a copy print, probably done by Turrill in e20th century. Title derived from relation of image to Taber title Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
322 ( 335)	San Francisco Woolen Factory CPM cat. no. 322, no. 335 Mammoth Plate (image 16 ¹⁄₄ x 20 in., mount 22 x 28 ³⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Title derived from CHS print (box 6.2); CEW number from Taber list match with title. See also stereographj 84.XC.870.163. Note on CHS print, in donor's hand: San Francisco Woolen Mills Burned in 18 ... Tags: Black Point \| California \| Captain Ruskin House \| Pioneer Woolen Factory \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sand Dunes	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
323 ( 284)	Meiggs Wharf and Telegraph Hill from North Point, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 323, no. 284 July 11,1864, Mammoth Plate Tags: Abe Warners Cobweb Palace \| California \| Inebriates \| Meiggs Wharf \| North Point \| Observatory \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Tall Ships \| Telegraph Hill \| Toland Medical \| Yerba Buena Island	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
324 ( 276)	North Point Derrick and Stoneyard, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 324, no. 276 Mammoth Plate (image 15 x 20 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 15 x 20 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Sign on hill says â€œBAY VIEWâ€. Note 1 woman and 1 child visible by small boat in center; man standing lower left on beach; 4 men hoisting/breaking rock; goat barely visible, right center. ... Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
325 ( 286)	Alcatraz from North Point, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 325, no. 286 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹¹⁄₁₆ x 20 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Signage on the building at center reads: â€œBoat Building by Martin Viceâ€ (see cat. no. 324). Turrill made a copy neg (glass plate) of this image and donated it to SCP. SCP #CO49092. Sta ... Tags: Alcatraz \| Boat \| Boat Yard \| California \| Martin Vice \| North Point \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
326 ( 280)	Black Point, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 326, no. 280 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 20 ¹⁄₂ in., mount 20 ⁷⁄₈ x 24 ³⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Black Point was the home of J.C. and Jesse Fremont until the government took it over in 1863; Watkins took several stereos of the area, including the Fremont children, when the Fremont's lived there. ... Tags: Beach \| Beach Street \| Black Point \| Brooks House \| California \| Fort Mason \| Haskell House \| North Beach \| Palmer House \| Pioneer Woolen Factory \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sand Dunes	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
327	Alcatraz and the Sailing Ship Acquilla, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 327, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₈ x 20 ¹⁄₂ in., mount 20 ⁷⁄₈ x 24 ⁷⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: The Acquilla sank in Nov. 1863 (see California Historical Society Quarterly 25:1 (March 1946): p. 42). Note CEW equipment. Tags: Alcatraz \| Beach \| California \| North Beach \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Tall Ships \| Windmill	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
328	Bay View from Green and Front Streets, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 328, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 14 ¹⁄₈ x 18 ⁷⁄₈ in., mount 20 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 23 ³⁄₈ in.) Tags: Battery Street \| California \| Front Street \| Green Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Tall Ships \| Telegraph Hill \| Warehouse	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
329	Foot of Second Street, 1867, Steam Yacht â€œBriskâ€, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 329, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₄ x 20 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 17 ³⁄₄ x 21 ³⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: This view was made looking southeast from a position in the vicinity of present-day Second and Townsend streets. The site was called Steam Boat Point on A. L. Bancroft's 1873 map of San Francisco (se ... Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
330 ( 611)	Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Wharf and Warehouses, from Rincon Hill, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 330, no. 611 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 20 ¹⁄₈ in.) Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
331 ( 612)	Pacific Mail Steamship Company Dock, Coal Yard, Marine Hospital, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 331, no. 612 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₈ x 20 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 16 ³⁄₈ x 21 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note CEW wagon with 22-26 Montgomery studio address. Verso of mount in pencil by 20th-century hand: S.F. Brannan St. (written twice), and DeYoung wetstamp (red â€œDâ€ encircled) Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
332 ( 613)	Pacific Mail Steamship Company Wharf, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 332, no. 613 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₈ x 20 ⁵⁄₈ in.) Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
333 ( 614)	Pacific Mail Steamship Company Wharf with Derrick and Coal Yard, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 333, no. 614 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 20 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 16 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Verso of mount in pencil by 20th-century hand: S.F. Waterfront-ca. 1864 (written twice), and DeYoung wetstamp (red â€œDâ€ encircled); [20th-century cataloging info] Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
334 ( 615)	Pacific Mail Steamship Company Wharf, Unloading Coal Yard, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 334, no. 615 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₄ x 20 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 16 x 21 ¹⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note CEW wagon, right of center. 25 men posing, including mgmt. and labor. Verso of mount in pencil by 20th-century hand: S.F. Waterfront-ca. 1864 (written twice), and DeYoung wetstamp (red â€œ ... Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
335 ( 616)	Pacific Mail Steamship Company Wharf, Steamships alongside Wharf, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 335, no. 616 Mammoth Plate Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
336 ( 617)	Pacific Mail Steamship Company Wharf, the Steamship China, Coaling, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 336, no. 617 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹¹⁄₁₆ x 20 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 15 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ x 20 ⁷⁄₈ in.) Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
337 ( 618)	Pacific Mail Steamship Company Wharf CPM cat. no. 337, no. 618 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₄ x 20 ¹¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 16 ¹⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: 27 men posed, incl. management and labor Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
338	Ferry Slip, Second and King Streets, San Francisco CPM cat. no. 338, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₈ x 20 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Verso print in pencil by 20th-century hand: About 2nd & King streets/Old Ferry Slip Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available
339	Temperance Fountain, Market andt California Streets CPM cat. no. 339, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 13 ³⁄₁₆ x 10 ¹⁄₂ in.) Tags: California \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County		No Image Available