Finding Aid to Mammoth Plate Photographs of Yosemite Valley, between 1861 and 1881

Cap of Liberty, 3100 Ft. and Nevada Fall, 700 Ft., Yosemite [printed 1878 or later] BANC PIC 1959.066:01

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 858.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

The Upper Valley, from Eagle Point Trail, Yosemite [printed 1878 or later] BANC PIC 1959.066:02

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 853.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

Yosemite Falls, from Glacier Point [printed 1878 or later] BANC PIC 1959.066:03

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 845

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

[The Sentinel? reflected in river with snag in foreground.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:04a

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 33.7 x 24.0 cm.

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[Cathedral Rock, river in foreground, with spires at left.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:04b

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 23.0 x 32.0 cm.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[Cathedral Rock reflected in river, with tree leaning in from right] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:05a

Additional Note

Portrait orientation.

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 34.5 x 24.2 cm.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[Yosemite Falls viewed between two oak [?] trees.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:05b

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 33.2 x 24.2 cm

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[El Capitan at right, river and meadow in foreground.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:06a

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 24.5 x 35.4 cm.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[River with wooded banks, with the Sentinel[?] or Cathedral Spires[?] in background.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:06b

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 30.5 x 20.2 cm.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[River view, Yosemite.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:06c

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 29.9 x 20.2 cm.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[Three Brothers.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:07a

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 20.1 x 30.4 cm.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[Nevada Falls.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:07b

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 30.4 x 20.3 cm.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

[El Capitan.] [between 1865 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:07c

Additional Note

Very poor condition. Severe water damage to print.

Additional Note

Smaller than mammoth plate: 30.2 x 19.9 cm.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Photographs.

Pinus Ponderosa [Ponderosa (the Yellow Pine), height about 250 feet] [between 1865 and 1880?] BANC PIC 1959.066:08

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 48.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

Sequoia "Grizzly Giant" Mariposa. 110 ft. round at base, 93[?] ft. at 20[?] feet from ground. [Section of the Grizzly Giant] [ca. 1865-1866?] BANC PIC 1959.066:09

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 113.

Additional Note

Similar to Watkins' stereographs numbered 94 and 1174.

Additional Note

Title in ms. on mount. Taber later issued the same view, titled "Section of the Grizzly Giant".

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

The Vernal Falls, 350 Ft. [186-] BANC PIC 1959.066:10

Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 87.

Additional Note

For another Bancroft Library copy of this photograph, see: BANC PIC 1905.17143:51; 19xx.198.1:9; 19xx.198.4:15; 1973.057:24; 19xx.198.5:08 [ex red box 8). Related view published by Taber: 1885.001:08

Additional Note

This copy severely water damaged. For another copy in Bancroft Library collections, see BANC PIC 1905.17143:51, for which a digital surrogate is available.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

Three Brothers, 3900 feet [The Three Brothers--Reflected or Three Brothers 4480 ft. Yosemite] [1865-1866] BANC PIC 1959.066:11

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 28.

Additional Note

Title from ms. caption on mount. Later issued by Taber with title "The Three Brothers--Reflected"

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

Bridal Veil, 940 ft. [Bridal Veil Falls--Front View] BANC PIC 1959.066:12

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Title from ms. caption on mount.

Additional Note

For another Bancroft Library copy of this photograph, see: BANC PIC 19xx.199.1:06; 1952.021:011. Related view published by Taber: 1885.001:11

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 16

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

[Nevada Falls, 700 Ft] [between 1865 and 1880] BANC PIC 1959.066:13

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 92.

Additional Note

The Bancroft Library holds multiple copies of this photograph. An effort was made to make an image of at least one copy available online. Bancroft duplicate(s) or near variant(s) may be found under: BANC PIC 19xx.198.1:10; 1973.057:33; 19xx.198.5:09

Additional Note

Re-mounted with no original caption preserved. "Vernal Fall" transcribed onto new mount, apparently in error

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

La Capitaine, 3300 feet [El Capitan] BANC PIC 1959.066:14

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Title from ms. caption on mount.

Additional Note

The Bancroft Library holds multiple copies of this photograph. An effort was made to make an image of at least one copy available online. Bancroft duplicate(s) or near variant(s) may be found under: BANC PIC 1885.001:06.

Additional Note

Taber number: 677. Tentative attribution to Watkins.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

[Mirror Lake--Mount Watkins(?) fully reflected] BANC PIC 1959.066:15

Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print: albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

The Bancroft Library holds multiple copies of this photograph. An effort was made to make an image of at least one copy available online. Bancroft duplicate(s) or near variant(s) may be found under: BANC PIC 19xx.198.5:06; 19xx.198.1.11; 19xx.198.4:14

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 75.

Cathedral Rock--full front view BANC PIC 1959.066:16

Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print: albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

The Bancroft Library holds multiple copies of this photograph. An effort was made to make an image of at least one copy available online. Bancroft duplicate(s) or near variant(s) may be found under: BANC PIC 19xx.198.4:04; 19xx.198.1:2; 19xx.198.5:02

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 21.

Looking Down the Valley from Union Point. [At left:] Sentinel Rock, 4125[?] feet. [1878-1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:17

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 843.

Additional Note

Title from another copy, formerly in the Gordon Bennett collection: "View Down the Valley from Union Point. Yosemite."

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

[The Yosemite Falls--reflected] [between 1861 and 1878] BANC PIC 1959.066:18

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 52.

Additional Note

Title based on caption as later issued by Taber. Ms. caption on Bancroft copy lists elevations of section of the falls, and a date.

Additional Note

The Bancroft Library holds multiple copies of this photograph. An effort was made to make an image of at least one copy available online. Bancroft duplicate(s) or near variant(s) may be found under: BANC PIC 1973.057:27

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

Cathedral Spires--full front view [between 1861 and 1881] BANC PIC 1959.066:19

Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print: albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 22.

Additional Note

For another Bancroft Library copy of this photograph, see: BANC PIC 19xx.198.4:05; 19xx.198.2:7; 19xx.199.1:2; 19xx.198.6:05

Map of the Yosemite Valley [1865] BANC PIC 1959.066:20

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E. Gardiner, James T. (James Terry) King, Clarence

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Scope and Content Note

Albumen photographic copy, by C.E. Watkins, of a manuscript map of Yosemite drawn by Clarence King and James Gardiner.

Custodial History

Part of an album given by Mr. And Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Indexing Terms

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Maps

Photographs.

Cape Horn, Columbia River [Oregon] [1867?] BANC PIC 1959.066:21

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Creator/Collector: Watkins, Carleton E.

Physical Description: 1 photographic print :albumen.

Provenance

Part of an album given by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.

Physical Condition

Remounted.

Additional Note

Watkins' number: 420.

Indexing Terms

Oregon--Pictorial works

Albumen prints

Mammoth plates

Photographs.

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