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Watkins #989 - Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel, Calaveras Mammoth Trees
Image courtesy of: California State Library   (Accession Number 213/5)
Photographers number:989
Title:Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel, Calaveras Mammoth Trees
Date Photographed: 1878-1881
Catalog:Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs, cat. no. 276
Notes:CMP notes: Note families--parents, children--arranged along porch. Located almost 161 km (100 miles) southeast of Sacramento, 145 km (90 miles) northeast of Stockton, and 24 km (15 miles) east of Murphy's Camp, the Grove Hotel at Calaveras Grove had accommodations for more than fifty guests. The nearby giant sequoia grove could be comfortably viewed from the hotel's upper balcony (Williams 1871, p. 34). The site is present-day Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

Photographer:Carleton E Watkins   (Nov 11, 1829 — Jun 23, 1916;  Active approx. 1853 — 1896)
Publisher:Carleton Watkins
Format:Mammoth Plate
Medium:Albumen
Image Size:16 1⁄16  x  21 7⁄16  in.  (40.8 x 54.5 cm)  —  Horizontal, Rectangle

View this image in gallery:Calaveras Big Tree Grove, Calaveras County
CarletonWatkins.org Image ID:1005818
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