Watkins (Carleton E.) Mammoth Plate Photographs of Comstock Mining, Yosemite, San Francisco, Los Angeles County, and the American West

Los Angeles County Series 1

Physical Description: 9 Photographic Prints

Box 4

[Indiana Colony, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 39) 1877

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1152] In Pasadena. One Victorian-style house in background.

General

Naef no. 1047

Box 4

[View in San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 40) 1877 or 1880

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1161] View taken from the residence of Nathaniel C. Carter (1840-1904). Forms panorama with photCL Watkins 41. Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The San Gabriel Valley."

General

Naef no. 1046

Box 5

[Residence of Col. Edward J. C. Kewen, San Gabriel, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 41) 1877

Physical Description: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins number unknown.] This property later known as El Molino Viejo (The Old Mill), in what is now San Marino. Forms panorama with photCL Watkins 40. Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The San Gabriel Valley."

General

Naef no. 1045

Box 9

[At the Residence of Leonard J. Rose, Esq., Sunny Slope, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 88) 1877

Physical Description: 15 x 21 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1153]

General

Naef no. 1048

Box 9

[N. C. Carter Home and Grounds, Pasadena, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 89) 1877

Physical Description: 15 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1159?] Home of Nathaniel C. Carter. Three men, a woman and two children are posed in front of house with garden and grape orchard.

General

Naef no. 1056

Box 9

[Dobbins Orchard and Residence, Showing Method of Irrigation, San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 90) 1877

Physical Description: 15 x 21 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1155] Small wooden church (Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel) and orange orchard. James De Barth Shorb house can be seen on hill in background.

General

Naef no. 1050

Box 10

[In the Orange Orchards at Lake Vineyard, San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 91) 1877

Physical Description: 15 3/8 x 21 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1160] View from Lake Vineyard, residence of B. D. Wilson, San Gabriel.

General

Naef no. 1059

Box 10

[Sierra Madre Villa, San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 92) 1877

Physical Description: 16 1/8 x 21 1/2 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1156] Sierra Madre Villa hotel in the present-day town of Sierra Madre.

General

Naef no. 1051

Box 9A

[Twin Palms, San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County] (photCL Watkins 93) 1877

Physical Description: 21 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (image)

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1168] Twin palm trees and water flowing in an irrigation ditch on Mission San Gabriel property.

General

Naef no. 1062

San Francisco and the Pacific Coast Series 2

Physical Description: 10 Photographic Prints

Box 10

[Pacific Mail Steamship Company Wharf, San Francisco] (photCL Watkins 94) approximately 1871

Physical Description: 15 7/8 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 332

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 613] View looking down at warehouses, other structures, and ships at wharf. Signs on buildings read: "PMSS Co. New York via Panama" and "PMSS Co. China via Japan" and "Oriental U.S. Bonded Warehouse. Howard & Pool."

Box 10

[Pacific Mail Steamship Company Wharf, San Francisco] (photCL Watkins 94a) approximately 1871

Physical Description: 15 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 332

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 613] Same image as photCL Watkins 94. Variant copy.

Box 10

[Pacific Mail Steamship Company Dock, Coal Yard, Marine Hospital, San Francisco] (photCL Watkins 95) approximately 1871

Physical Description: 15 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 331

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 612] Watkins' photography wagon is seen in lower left. Signs can be seen for bars and grocery stores. Many ships are docked at shore. St. Mary's Hospital on Rincon Hill is at left center, and in the distance, the U.S. Marine Hospital on Rincon Point.

Box 10

[Residences of Mr. Robinson and Rev. W. A. Scott, Rincon Hill, San Francisco] (photCL Watkins 96) 1862-66

Physical Description: 15 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 340

Scope and Contents

[Watkins' number unknown.] View of two large houses on a hill. On verso of print is the stamp of Charles Turrill, Watkins' friend and biographer.

Box 10

[Residence of Mr. Milton S. Latham, Folsom Street between Second and Third, San Francisco] (photCL Watkins 97) approximately 1867

Physical Description: 15 x 21 inches (image)

General

Not in Naef.

Scope and Contents

[Watkins' number unknown.] Title and date supplied by cataloger. Milton S. Latham (1827-1882) was the sixth governor of California. On verso of print is the stamp of Charles Turrill, Watkins' friend and biographer.

Box 10

[Coe-Raymond-Earl Residence, Harrison and Essex Streets, Rincon Hill, San Francisco] (photCL Watkins 98) approximately 1867

Physical Description: 14 3/4 x 20 inches (image)

General

Not in Naef.

Scope and Contents

[Watkins' number unknown.] Title and date supplied by cataloger. The residence is named after several prominent occupants: L. W. Coe; I. W. Raymond, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.,; and John O. Earl, one of the largest stockholders of the Bank of California. On verso of print is the stamp of Charles Turrill, Watkins' friend and biographer.

Box 5

[A Coast View, Rocks (No. 1), Mendocino County] (photCL Watkins 42) 1863

Physical Description: 15 x 20 1/2 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 403

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 188] Signed in ink at lower right: "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Coast view of Mendocino."

Box 5

[View from Sugar Loaf Island, Farallon Islands] (photCL Watkins 43) 1868-69

Physical Description: 16 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 514

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 551]

Box 5

[Cape Horn, Columbia River, Washington Territory] (photCL Watkins 45) 1867

Physical Description: 16 1/8 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 454

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 419] Has copyright statement for C. E. Watkins, entered 1867, printed on mount below print. In sepia ink on mount, lower right: "No. 419." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Cape Horn. Columbia River."

Box 5

[Mount Hood and The Dalles, Columbia River, Oregon] (photCL Watkins 46) 1867

Physical Description: 15 5/8 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 505

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 455] Has copyright statement for C. E. Watkins, entered 1867, printed on mount below print. In sepia ink on mount, lower right: "No. 455." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Mt. Hood and the Dalles. Columbia River."

Yosemite Valley Series 3

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 5

[Yosemite Valley from Mariposa Trail] (photCL Watkins 47) 1865-66

Physical Description: 15 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 120

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 6] In sepia ink on mount, lower left: "No. 6/06[?]." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Yosemite Valley. No. 6. 3. C. E. Watkins."

Box 5

[El Capitan, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 49) 1861

Physical Description: 15 5/8 x 20 3/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 130

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 8] Dome-topped print. Written in pencil at bottom: "Tutu Canuta - El Capitan 3600 ft. Yo Semite." Signed.

Box 5

[Galen's Hospice, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 50) 1865-66

Physical Description: 16 1/8 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 107

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 107] View of cabin belonging to Galen Clark, next to a giant sequoia trunk. Signed and numbered in ink. Written at bottom of board: "Galen's Hospice - Mariposa Grove - No. 107."

Box 6

[Section of the Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 51) 1861

Physical Description: 15 5/8 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 103

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 111] Dome-topped print. Galen Clark standing at base of tree. Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Section, 'Grizzly Giant' Mariposa Grove, 33 ft. Diam."

Box 8

[Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall from Glacier Point, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 72) 1865-66

Physical Description: 15 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 264

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 100] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Vernal and Nevada from Glacier Pt. YoSemite No. 100. C. E. Watkins."

Box 8

[Glacier Point, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 73) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 5/8 x 15 5/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 191

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 68] Signed in ink below print "No. 68" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Glacier Point. No. 68, Yosemite."

Box 8

[El Capitan, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 74) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 5/8 x 15 3/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 133

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 26] Signed in ink below print "No. 26" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "El Capitan 3600 ft. Yosemite No. 26"

Box 8A

[The Domes from Sentinel Dome, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 75) 1865-66

Physical Description: 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 259

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 94] Signed in ink below print "No. 94" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Domes, from Sentinel Dome, Yo Semite."

Box 8

[The Lyell Group from Sentinel Dome, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 76) 1865-66

Physical Description: 15 7/8 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 261

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 96] Signed in ink below print "No. 96" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Lylle Group Yosemite No. 96."

Box 8

[Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 77) 1865-66

Physical Description: 15 7/8 x 20 5/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 266

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 101] Signed in ink below print "No. 101" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Half Dome from Glacier Pt. Yosemite."

Box 8

[Outline of Cathedral Rock from the River at the Foot, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 78) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 5/8 x 16 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 190

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 12] Signed in ink below print "No. 12" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Outline of the Cathedral Rocks Yosemite No. 12."

Box 8

[Washington Column, Mirror View, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 79) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 1/2 x 15 5/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 230

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 81] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Washington Column. 2082 ft. Yosemite No. 81 C. E. Watkins."

Box 8

[Bridge over the Merced at Clark's, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 80) 1865-66

Physical Description: 16 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 99

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 102] View of two men fishing on a bridge over the Merced River. One is possibly Galen Clark. Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Bridge at Clarks. No. 102."

Box 9

[Wawona Peak from Mariposa Grove, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 81) 1865-66

Physical Description: 15 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 100

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 106] Signed in ink below print "No. 106" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Wawona Peak. Mariposa Grove. No. 106."

Box 9

[River View, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 82) 1865-66

Physical Description: 15 1/2 x 20 5/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 238

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 86] Signed in ink below print "No. 86" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "River View. Yosemite. No. 86."

Box 9

[Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point] (photCL Watkins 83) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 5/8 x 15 7/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 254

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 99] Signed in ink below print "No. 99" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Yosemite Falls from Glacier Pt. No. 99."

Box 9

[Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 84) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 142

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 16] Signed in ink below print "No. 16" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Bridal Veil. 900 ft. Yosemite No. 16."

Box 9

[Section of the Grizzly Giant with Galen Clark, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 85) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 5/8 x 15 5/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 105

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 113] Signed in ink below print "No. 16" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Section of the Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove. 33 ft. Diam. No. 113, C. E. Watkins."

Box 9

[Mount Watkins, Fully Reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 86) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 5/8 x 15 3/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 234

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 75] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Mirror Lake, Yosemite, No. 75. C. E. Watkins."

Box 9

[Nevada Fall, Yosemite] (photCL Watkins 87) 1865-66

Physical Description: 20 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 247

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 92] Signed in ink below print "No. 92" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Nevada Fall 700 ft. Yosemite No. 92."

Comstock district, Nevada – Mining views Series 4

Physical Description: 20 Photographic Prints

Box 6

[Hydraulic mining, possibly at Relief Hill mine, Nevada County, California?] (photCL Watkins 52) approximately 1871

Physical Description: 16 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (image)

General

Not in Naef.

Scope and Contents

[Watkins number unknown] Distant view of water spraying into rock, possibly at Relief Hill, based on writing in pencil at bottom of print, mostly illegible: "What Chear and Walkinsaw con / Relief Hill [?]" in lowest right corner. Date determined by cataloger based on dates of two other mammoth plate prints Watkins made at Relief Hill (see Naef nos. 1080, 1086).

Box 6

[Mexican Mill, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 53) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1124

Scope and Contents

Watkins no. 1039. Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Mexican Mill. Carson River."

Box 6

[Merrimac Mills, Looking East, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 54) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1128

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1041] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Merimac [sic] Mill, Carson River."

Box 6

[The Merrimac, from Brunswick Mill, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 55) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1129

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1040] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Merimac [sic] Mill, Carson River."

Box 6

[Merrimac Mill, View Down the Carson River, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 56) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1131

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1043] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Merimac [sic] Mill, Carson River."

Box 6

[Merrimac and Brunswick Mills, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 57) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1 /8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1130

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1042] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Merimac [sic] Mill, Carson River."

Box 6

[Vivian Mill, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 58) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1138

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1045] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Vivian Mill. Carson River."

Box 6

[Vivian Mill from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 59) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no.1137

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1044] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Vivian Mill. Carson River."

Box 6

[Vivian Mill, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 60) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1139

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1046] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Vivian Mill. Carson River."

Box 7

[Santiago Mill, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 61) 1876

Physical Description: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1141

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1048] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Santiago Mill. Carson River."

Box 7

[Santiago Mill, Mount Davidson in Distance, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 62) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1142

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1047] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Santiago Mill. Eureka Dump in the distance. Carson River."

Box 7

[Santiago Mill, from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 63) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1140

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1049] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Santiago Mill. Carson River."

Box 7

[Eureka Mill, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 64) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1145

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1050] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Eureka Mill. Carson River."

Box 7

[Eureka Mill, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 65) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1144

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1051] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Eureka Mill. Carson River."

Box 7

[View up the Carson River, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 66) 1876

Physical Description: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1143

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1052] The tracks of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad are seen winding along a river. Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Eureak [sic] Dam - [illegible] and Tramway- Carson River."

Box 7

[Franklin Mill, Lyon County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 67) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1146

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1053] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Franklin Mill - Carson River."

Box 7

[Windfield Mining Company, Seven-Mile Canyon, Storey County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 68) 1876

Physical Description: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1203

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1056] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Land mill."

Box 7

[The "Land" Mining Company, Seven-Mile Canyon, Storey County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 69) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1202

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1055] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Coinfield[?] Mill."

Box 7

[Empire State Mining Company, Seven-Mile Canyon, Storey County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 70) 1876

Physical Description: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1201

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1057] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Empire State."

Box 8

[Pacific Mining Company, Six-Mile Canyon, Storey County, Nevada] (photCL Watkins 71) 1876

Physical Description: 15 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 1200

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 1058] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Pacific Mill. Gold Hill."

Utah Series 5

Physical Description: 2 Photographic Prints

Box 5

[Salt Lake City, Utah Territory] (photCL Watkins 44) 1873-74

Physical Description: 16 3/8 x 21 1/2 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 884

Scope and Contents

[Watkins number unknown] One of a three-part panorama (see also Naef nos. 882, 883- not in this collection). View of the city with the Salt Lake Tabernacle prominent in picture. Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Salt Lake City No. 3."

Box 5

[Echo City, from Witch Rocks, Utah Territory] (photCL Watkins 48) 1873

Physical Description: 16 3/8 x 21 3/8 inches (image)

General

Naef no. 891

Scope and Contents

[Watkins no. 713] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Echo City from Witch Rocks. Utah. Watkins."