The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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938	Merchants Exchange, San Francisco Stereograph Tags: Building \| California \| California Street \| Diagonal Viewpoint \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Engraving Source \| Messy Environment \| Named Structure \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street \| Shadow	Courtesy of Steve Heselton	Quick View
939	Merchants Exchange, San Francisco Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title Tags: Building \| California \| California Street \| Diagonal Viewpoint \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Engraving Source \| Manuscript Title \| Messy Environment \| Named Structure \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street \| Shadow	Courtesy of American Antiquarian Society	Quick View
940	Bank of California, San Francisco Stereograph Tags: Building \| California \| California Street \| Carriage \| Condition Issue \| Engraving Source \| Messy Environment \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street	Courtesy of Jim Crain	Quick View
943	California St. from Leidesdorff to Sansome, S.F. Stereograph Tags: Building \| California \| California Street \| Diagonal Viewpoint \| Engraving Source \| Leidesdorff Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street \| Shadow	Courtesy of Jeremy Rowe Vintage Photography	Quick View
967	California Street from Stockton, San Francisco Stereograph Notes: 2 versions, 1 with horse/buggy left foreground, 1 with horse in middle rt. Distance Tags: Animal \| Boat \| California \| California Street \| Church \| Distant View \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Linear Perspective \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Stockton Street \| Viewpoint Middle of Street	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
967	California Street from Stockton, San Francisco Stereograph Tags: Animal \| Bay \| Boat \| California \| California Street \| Carriage \| Church \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Stockton Street \| Viewpoint Middle of Street	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
968	California Street from Stockton, San Francisco Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Stockton Street	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
982	Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Cal. St., South side Stereograph Notes: Same image as 985 Tags: California \| California Street \| Dated View \| Disaster \| Event \| Figure in Motion \| Group \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery	Courtesy of Jim Crain	Quick View
983	Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Cal. St., North side Stereograph Notes: S. Reinstein, 314 California St., Earthquake of 1868 (handwritten verso). Title and number indentified by Ron Perisho Tags: California \| California Street \| Dated View \| Disaster \| Event \| Group \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery \| Signage	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
983	Effects of the Earthquake, Oct. 21, 1868, Cal. St., North side Stereograph Notes: Same image as 982 Tags: California \| California Street \| Disaster \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Event \| Figure in Motion \| Group \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Weston and Mary Naef	Quick View
1367	Fireman's Fund Insurance Building, cor. Sansome and California streets Stereograph Tags: Building \| California \| California Street \| Engraving Source \| Named Structure \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1379	North-east corner California St. and Sansome St. Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Engraving Source \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street \| Street \| Tracks, Trolley	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
1380	North-east corner California and Sansome Streets Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Pair \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street \| Shadow \| Tracks, Trolley \| Wagon	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Weston and Mary Naef	Quick View
1381	Sansome Street from California, looking North Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Diagonal Viewpoint \| from Market \| Haynes and Lawton \| Linear Perspective \| London Paris and American Bank \| Looking North \| Sacramento Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street \| Shadow \| Signage \| Store Icon \| Telegraph Hill \| Tracks, Trolley \| Wagon \| Water Jug	Courtesy of Jim Crain	Quick View
1382	Sansome St. from California Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Condition Issue \| Elevated Viewpoint \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Sansome Street \| Signage \| Tracks, Trolley \| Wagon	Courtesy of David Horine	Quick View
1754	Panorama from California and Powell Streets, San Francisco Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Diagonal Viewpoint \| Distant View \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Fence \| Pair \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1755	Panorama from California and Powell Streets, San Francisco Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Pair \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1756	Panorama from California and Powell streets, San Francisco Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Church \| Distant View \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Messy Environment \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery \| Shadow \| Study of Light	Courtesy of Jeremy Rowe Vintage Photography	Quick View
1757	View from California & Powell Sts. Stereograph Tags: Bay \| California \| California Street \| Distant View \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1758	View from California and Powell Streets, S.F. Stereograph Tags: California \| California Street \| Close Up \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Shadow \| Study of Light \| Synagogue	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1760	Panorama from California and Powell Streets Stereograph Tags: Bay \| California \| California Street \| Distant View \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Messy Environment \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1761	View from California and Powell Streets, S.F. Stereograph Tags: Bay \| Building \| California \| California Street \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1762	View form California and Powell Streets, S.F. Stereograph Tags: Bay \| California \| California Street \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Francois Louis Alfred Pioche \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Shadow \| Yerba Buena Isl	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1763	View from California and Powell Streets, S.F. Stereograph Tags: Atmosphere \| Bay \| Boat \| California \| California Street \| Church \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Messy Environment \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Telegraph Hill	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
1768	View from California and Powell Streets, S.F. Stereograph Tags: Bay \| California \| California Street \| Church \| Pair \| Panorama \| Powell Street \| San Francisco \| San Francisco County \| Serial Imagery \| Shadow \| Study of Light	Courtesy of American Antiquarian Society	Quick View