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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing [Stereographs from the series Watkins' Pacific Coast and Watkins' new series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast] Watkins' Pacific Coast / Watkins' new series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast

About this Item

Title

  • [Stereographs from the series Watkins' Pacific Coast and Watkins' new series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast]

Other Title

  • Watkins' Pacific Coast
  • Watkins' new series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast

Summary

  • These two incomplete sets include: Yosemite Valley, Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Fall, Vernal Fall, Nevada Fall, Glacier Point, Half Dome, El Capitan, Cathedral Rocks, Three Brothers, Tenaya Canyon, Mariposa Grove, Mariposa Trail, and a giant sequoia called the Grizzly Giant.

Names

  • Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916, photographer
  • Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916, publisher

Created / Published

  • [San Francisco : C. Watkins, 1871-1878].

Headings

  • -  Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1880
  • -  Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1870-1880
  • -  El Capitan (Calif.)--1870-1880
  • -  Waterfalls--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1880
  • -  Rock formations--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1880
  • -  Valleys--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1880
  • -  Giant sequoias--California--Yosemite National Park--1870-1880

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1870-1880.
  • Landscape photographs--1870-1880.
  • Stereographs--1870-1880.

Genre

  • Stereographs--1870-1880
  • Albumen prints--1870-1880
  • Landscape photographs--1870-1880

Notes

  • -  Captions include Native American names for El Capitan, Nevada Fall, Half Dome, Vernal Fall, Bridalveil Fall and the Three Brothers.
  • -  On most mounts: Watkins' Pacific Coast. Two of the mounts: Watkins' New Series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast.
  • -  Title devised by Library staff.
  • -  Printed captions and item numbers on stereograph mounts.
  • -  Gift; Richard Pitman; 1969?; (DLC/PP-1969:014).

Medium

  • 21 photographic prints on stereo cards : stereographs, albumen ; 9 x 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 13488 (S) [P&P]

Repository

  • Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00651031

Rights Advisory

Online Format

  • image

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Watkins, Carleton E., Publisher, Watkins, Carleton E, photographer. Stereographs from the series Watkins' Pacific Coast and Watkins' new series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast. El Capitan Yosemite National Park Yosemite Valley California, 1871. [San Francisco: C. Watkins, to 1878] Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00651031/.

APA citation style:

Watkins, C. E., Watkins, C. E., photographer. (1871) Stereographs from the series Watkins' Pacific Coast and Watkins' new series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast. El Capitan Yosemite National Park Yosemite Valley California, 1871. [San Francisco: C. Watkins, to 1878] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00651031/.

MLA citation style:

Watkins, Carleton E., Publisher, photographer by Watkins, Carleton E. Stereographs from the series Watkins' Pacific Coast and Watkins' new series, Yosemite and Pacific Coast. [San Francisco: C. Watkins, to 1878] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00651031/>.