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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing California landscape views of Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Lola and Round Top

About this Item

Title

  • California landscape views of Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Lola and Round Top

Summary

  • Landmarks noted on the mounts: Mt. Tallac, Central Pacific Railroad near Blue Canon, Woods Lake, Mt. Tullac [sic], Blue Rock, Summit City Blue Lakes, Canon of Mokelumne, Clear Lake, Angora Mt., Valley of Truckee, Washoe Peak and Webber Mt.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • 1876-1879.

Contents

  • Container 1 includes: Fallen Leaf Lake looking South; 2. Fallen Leaf Lake looking West; 3. Lake Tahoe looking North-West; 4. Mt. Lola; 5. Mt. Lola from Lake Independence; 6. Mt. Lola from Sphinx Head, looking W.N.W.; 7. Mt. Lola from the E.S.E. under North Head; 8. Mt. Lola looking N.E. from under North Head; 9. Mt. Lola looking North West; 10. Mt. Lola looking towards Lake Tahoe. Container 2 includes: 11. Mt. Lola looking towards station from under Sphinx head; 12. Round Top; 13. Round Top 31/2 m looking from W.N.W. over upper Twin Lake, 2800 ft.; 14. Round Top 4 miles dist. Looking E.S.E. from lower end of Twin Lakes; 15. Round Top from S.W. (Instrument pointed upwards) Debris at 45, 16. Round Top from Western Ridge looking Eastward; 17. Round Top from Western Ridge looking towards the N.W.; 18. Round Top looking W.N.W.; 19. Round Top on Road to Jackson below Twin Lakes.

Headings

  • -  Mountains--California--1870-1880
  • -  Lakes and ponds--California--1870-1880

Format Headings

  • Albumen prints--1870-1880.
  • Landscape photographs--1870-1880.
  • Mammoth plates--1870-1880.

Genre

  • Albumen prints--1870-1880
  • Landscape photographs--1870-1880
  • Mammoth plates--1870-1880

Notes

  • -  Group title devised by Library staff.
  • -  In 1879 Watkins was commissioned to photograph Mount Lola and Round Top for George Davidson of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
  • -  Transfer; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey; 1914; (DLC/PP-1914:44730).

Medium

  • 19 photographic prints on original mounts : albumen ; approx. 15 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 14053 (H) [P&P]

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2011645143

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

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Chicago citation style:

Watkins, Carleton E, photographer. California landscape views of Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Lola and Round Top. California, 1876. to 1879. Photograph. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2011645143/.

APA citation style:

Watkins, C. E., photographer. (1876) California landscape views of Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Lola and Round Top. California, 1876. to 1879. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2011645143/.

MLA citation style:

Watkins, Carleton E, photographer. California landscape views of Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Lola and Round Top. to 1879. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2011645143/>.