The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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Number	Title		Image (click for larger image)
—	The Three Brothers, Yosemite Cabinet Card (image 3 ³⁄₄ x 6 ¹⁄₁₆ in.)	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	The Three Borthers Unmounted Print (image 2 ⁷⁄₈ x 4 ⁵⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	Black's Hotel, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal. Cabinet Card	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Rock Cottage, Bernard's, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa Co., Cal. Cabinet Card (mount 6 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ¹⁄₄ in.)	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Lower Hotel, Yosemite Cabinet Card Notes: Handwritten verso: Original Leidig Hotel once owned by A. G. Black, situated near Galen Clarks House.	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Leidig's Hotel, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal. Cabinet Card (mount 4 ¹⁄₄ x 6 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	Lieut. Wheeler's Expedition, Yo Semite Valley Notes: Image matches Watkins stereoview number 3133. Handwritten verso: Attributed to T. O'Sullivan (in later hand).	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
B 138	Lemon's Cabin, First Building in Yosemite Valley Unmounted Print (image 4 ⁵⁄₈ x 7 ⁵⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	Front View of Sentinel Imperial Mount (image 12 ¹⁄₈ x 8 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 12 ⁵⁄₈ x 8 ⁵⁄₈ in.) Notes: Inscription verso	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	The Sentinel, 3270 ft. Yosemite. Cabinet Card	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Mirror View of the Sentinel, Yosemite. Cabinet Card	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	The Sentinal 3270 feet Imperial Mount (image 8 ³⁄₈ x 12 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 12 x 16 in.) Notes: Inscription on verso	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Glacier Point, Yosemite. Cabinet Card	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Glacier Point, Yosemite. Cabinet Card	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Mt. Starr King Imperial Mount (image 12 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ¹⁄₄ in., mount 12 ³⁄₄ x 8 ⁵⁄₈ in.) Notes: Inscription verso	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Untitled Imperial Mount (image 12 ¹⁄₈ x 8 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 12 ⁵⁄₈ x 8 ⁵⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Glacier Point, Yosemite Unmounted Print (mount 6 x 3 ⁷⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	Glacier Point Unmounted Print (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 4 ¹⁄₄ in.) Notes: Handwritten verso: Glacier Point. Stamped in ink: Watkins New Series, 427 Montgomery St. S.F. No.	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	Galen Clark and wife Cabinet Card Notes: Handwritten verso: Galen Clark and second wife (a soothsayer)	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Untitled Imperial Mount (image 8 ³⁄₄ x 7 ³⁄₄ in.) Notes: Attributed by Nanette Sexton	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
B 20	Yo Semite Falls from Camp Grove, 2634 ft. Boudoir Card (mount 8 ¹⁄₂ x 5 ³⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Upper Yosemite Fall Cabinet Card	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Upper Yosemite Fall (verso) Cabinet Card Notes: Address: J. J. Cook	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View
C-1247	Upper Yosemite Falls, Yosemite Cabinet Card (mount 6 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ¹⁄₄ in.) Notes: Handwritten verso: C-1247 Upper Yosemite Falls, Yosemite. 1st Fall 1,600 ft. Whole Fall, 2,634 ft.	Courtesy of John Carpenter	Quick View
—	Yosemite Falls 2634 ft from the Cosmopolitan Walk Imperial Mount (image 12 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ³⁄₈ in., mount 16 x 12 in.) Notes: Inscription verso	Courtesy of Yosemite Museum, National Park Service	Quick View