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Valley and Mariposa Grove
PC-RM-OV-Watkins.Boxes 1-8
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Title: Carleton Watkins mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa
Grove
Date (inclusive): 1861-1881
Collection Identifier: PC-RM-OV-Watkins.Boxes 1-8
Creator:
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916.
Extent: 67 photographic prints: albumen; images 42 x 54 cm.
or smaller, some images on mounts 55 x 71 cm. or smaller.
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105-4014
(415) 357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Location of Materials: Collection is stored onsite.
Abstract: Mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite Valley and
Mariposa Grove taken by Carleton Watkins during multiple trips, and printed between
1861 and 1881.
Access is restricted because of the rarity and fragility of the images; consult
repository for details.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Director of Library and Archives, North Baker
Research Library, California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco,
CA 94105. Consent is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the
owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from
the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Carleton Watkins mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite
Valley and Mariposa Grove, PC-RM-OV-Watkins, California Historical Society.
Seven prints donated by the Joseph A. Donohoe family, 1946 (CEW 9, 44, 47, 49, 50,
61, 89).
Processed by Wendy Welker, 2015.
Includes some duplicate prints.
Source of titles and negative numbers: Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth
Photographs, by Weston Naef, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011.
Arranged by dates and within dates by Watkins' negative numbers (i.e., CEW#).
Mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove taken by Carleton
Watkins during multiple trips, and printed between 1861 and 1881. Contains images of
El Capitan, Bridalveil Fall, Cathedral Rock, Sentinel Rock, Clark's Station,
Yosemite Fall, Nevada Fall, Half Dome, and other features of the area. Includes a
3-print panorama of the view from Sentinel Dome, and a portrait of Galen Clark
standing in front of the Grizzly Giant in Mariposa Grove.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog:
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Mariposa Grove (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Landscapes--California--Photographs.
Mammoth plates.
Albumen prints.