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[Three stereographs by C.E. Watkins : Donner Lake, Yosemite Falls, and the Pride of the Forest]
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Title:

[Three stereographs by C.E. Watkins: Donner Lake, Yosemite Falls, and the Pride of the Forest]

Creator/Contributor:

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

Creator/Contributor:

Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908, photographer.

Date:

1869 (issued)

Contents:

1: Donner Lake, with pass in distance, Altitude above Lake, 1,126 feet. (altitude 5,964 ft.) 131. -- 2: Yosemite Falls, 2630 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal. 1067. -- 3: The Pride of the Forest. Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras Co., Cal. 3509.

Subject:

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Wilderness areas -- California -- Photographs
Giant sequoia -- Photographs
Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Photographs
Donner Lake (Calif.) -- Photographs
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (Calif.) -- Photographs

Note:

Photographer's numbers: 131, 1067, and 3509 (corrected from 6509?).
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographed Carleton E. Watkins. Donner Lake view possibly photographed by Alfred A. Hart and published by Watkins.
Two images from the Pacific Railroad series, dating to approximately 1869, and one (no. 3509) from Watkins' New Series of Pacific Coast Views, dating to about 1878 or later.
[item title], BANC PIC 2001.125, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic
Stereographs.

Physical Description:

photoprint
3 photographs : albumen prints : mounts approximately 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Related Item:

Watkins' Pacific Railroad : Watkins, Carleton E., : 1829-1916
Watkins' New Series of Pacific Coast Views : Watkins, Carleton E., : 1829-1916