The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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4307	Star Oil Works, San Fernando District, S.P.R.R. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: Number and title from matching stereoview	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
4321	Gen. View San Fernando Tunnel from the south, S.P.R.R. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: Number and title from matching stereoview	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: San Bernardino, Cal. San Bernardino Land Agency building in view Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
4827	Cogswell's Sierra Madre Villa, Los Angeles Co., Cal. Cabinet Card (mount 4 ¹⁄₂ x 6 ¹⁄₄ in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
4823	Cogswell's Sierra Madre Villa, W. P. Rhodes, Lessee. San Gabriel, Los Angeles Co., Cal. Cabinet Card (mount 4 ¹⁄₂ x 6 ¹⁄₄ in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
4352	View from the Santa Monica Depot, Los Angeles. Cabinet Card (mount 4 ¹⁄₂ x 6 ¹⁄₄ in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Tunnel No. 10, Tehachapi Pass, Kern Co., S.P.R.R. Cabinet Card	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
B177	The Loop, S.P.R.R, California. Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
B 4385	Pasadena as it Was. Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
B 4,301.	The Loop; Train Over Tunnel No. 9, S. P. R. R. Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Lake Vinyard, San Gabriel Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Orange Grove Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Pasadena Burro, or Narrow Gage Road Cabinet Card (mount 4 ¹⁄₂ x 6 ¹⁄₄ in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Santa Anita Ranch Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	View from the Sierra Madre Villa Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	The Sierra Madre Villa, San Gabriel/ Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Sierra Madre Villa Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Sierra Madre Villa 4 Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: The Pasadena Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: View from the Lake Vinyard House Boudoir Card (mount 5 x 8 in.)	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
4372	Street View in Los Angeles Cabinet Card (image 4 ³⁄₄ x 3 ³⁄₈ in.) Notes: Number and title from matching stereoview	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Downey Block at N. Main and Temple Streets, Los Angeles Cabinet Card (image 4 ³⁄₄ x 3 ³⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Looking north up Spring Street toward County Courthouse. Los Angeles Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Laborer in unidentified citrus grove. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Steamer landing at foot of Broadway, San Diego. Pacific Coast Steamship Company wharf. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: Number and title from matching stereoview	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
4465	San Diego, from the Horton House Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: Number and title from matching stereoview	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
4466	San Diego, from the Horton House. Cabinet Card	Courtesy of Robert Bothamley	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: R.R. Co's Works at Wilmington, S.P.R.R. Cabinet Card (image 4 ³⁄₄ x 3 ³⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Los Angeles Railroad. Wilmington Wharf, San Pedro Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: San Pedro. Unmounted Print (image 5 ⁵⁄₈ x 4 ³⁄₈ in.) Notes: Watkins photo wagon is visible at right.	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Sea Sculpture, Point Fermin, P.O. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
4502	Point Fermin Light House, P.O. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: Number and title from matching stereoview	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Panorama of San Luis Obispo Unmounted Print (image 5 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ³⁄₈ in.) Notes: Forms left panel of 3 part panorama	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: San Luis Obispo Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Panorama of San Luis Obispo Unmounted Print (image 5 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ³⁄₈ in.) Notes: Forms middle panel of a 3 part panorama	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Panorama of San Luis Obispo looking toward Mt. San Luis and Bishop's Peak Unmounted Print (image 5 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ³⁄₈ in.) Notes: Forms right panel of 3 part panorama. Shows more of negative than stereo 4524.	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Paso Robles Springs, Cal. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Paso Robles, Paso de Robles Hot Springs. Unmounted Print (image 5 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ³⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: San Luis Obispo. County Courthouse on Monterey Street. Unmounted Print (image 5 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ³⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Sawing the Yucca at the Ravena Mill, S.P.R.R. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Paso Robles, Paso de Robles Hot Springs. Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Paso Robles, Paso de Robles Hot Springs. Unmounted Print (image 5 ¹⁄₂ x 4 ³⁄₈ in.)	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Untitled Descriptive Title: Building the Southern Pacific Railroad Cabinet Card (image 4 ⁷⁄₈ x 3 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: Possibly the same as stereoview no. 4351, At the Front, near the Colorado River, S.P.R.R., Cal	Courtesy of The Huntington Library	Quick View
—	Apiary at Sierra Madre Villa, San Gabriel, Cal. Cabinet Card Notes: Title from matching stereoview number 4394	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
B 4782	Pasadena's First Citrus Fruit Fair, March 24th, 1880. Boudoir Card (mount 5 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
B 4520	Beauties of Santa Barbara. Boudoir Card (mount 5 ¹⁄₂ x 8 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
B 4523	Academy of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, San Luis Obispo. Boudoir Card (mount 5 ³⁄₈ x 8 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
B 177	The Loop, S.P.R.R., California. Boudoir Card (mount 5 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ¹⁄₂ in.)	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
B4302	Bucca Draconis, Mojave Dessert Unmounted Print (image 4 ³⁄₁₆ x 6 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 5 ³⁄₁₆ x 7 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: Number and title handwritten on verso of unmounted print	Courtesy of Robert Bothamley	Quick View
B4332	Mt. San Bernardino, Cal Unmounted Print (image 4 ³⁄₁₆ x 6 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 5 ³⁄₁₆ x 7 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: Number and title handwritten on verso of unmounted print	Courtesy of Robert Bothamley	Quick View
B4403	View in San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles Co., Cal. Unmounted Print (image 4 ³⁄₁₆ x 6 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 5 ³⁄₁₆ x 7 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: Number and title handwritten on verso of unmounted print	Courtesy of Robert Bothamley	Quick View
B4831	View from Sierra Madre Villa Unmounted Print (image 4 ³⁄₁₆ x 6 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 5 ³⁄₁₆ x 7 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: Number and title handwritten on verso of unmounted print	Courtesy of Robert Bothamley	Quick View

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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.

Stereographs 1859-1874 (Watkins Old Series and Watkins Pacific Railroad)

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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 to 1890 (Watkins New Series)

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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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Watkins published prints in a variety of formats during his career including Albums, Cabinet Cards, and 8x10 prints.

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