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Miscellaneous photographs : steam ships and other Western views.
BANC PIC 1980.001--PICLOCAL
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Title:

Miscellaneous photographs: steam ships and other Western views

Creator/Contributor:

Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916

Creator/Contributor:

Worden, Willard E.

Creator/Contributor:

Garden City Photo Co

Creator/Contributor:

Sitka View and Portrait Company

Abstract:

Photographs by Watkins show Mission San Jose (copied by Watkins ca. 1870's, from a daguerreotype of 1853-54), a "photomicrograph" of a flea, the Central Pacific ferry boat "Solano" crossing the Carquinez straits (from Watkins' New Boudoir Series #B3793), and the steamer "State of California" in San Francisco (New Boudoir Series #B245.) Other photographs show the steamer "City of Topeka" at the Sitka (Alaska) wharf, the steamer "Corona" leaving Redondo, and a view of Mount Rainier in Washington.

Date:

approximately 1853-ca. 1900 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ak -- n-us-ca -- n-us-wa
Steamboats -- California -- Photographs
Steamboats -- Alaska -- Photographs
Fleas -- Photographs
Bateaux à vapeur -- Californie -- Photographies
Bateaux à vapeur -- Alaska -- Photographies
Puces -- Photographies
Fleas
Steamboats
Nature
Rainier, Mount (Wash.) -- Pictorial works
Rainier, Mont (Wash.) -- Ouvrages illustrés
Alaska
California
Washington (State) -- Mount Rainier
Mission San Jose (Alameda County, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Mission San Jose (Alameda County, Calif.)

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographers include: C.E. Watkins, Sitka View and Portrait Company, Garden City Foto Co. (Los Angeles), and W.E. Worden.
Compiled from various sources.

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Photomicrographs.

Physical Description:

photoprint
7 photographic prints ; 14 x 22 cm or smaller

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 1980.001--PICLOCAL

Origin:

United States