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Finding Aid to the Photographs of Yosemite: with Additional Views of Mt. Shasta, Calif. and Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon,
circa 1861-1885
BANC PIC 1885.001--ffALB VAULT
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Collection Title: Photographs of Yosemite: with additional views of Mt. Shasta, Calif. and Cape Horn, Columbia River, Oregon
Date (inclusive): circa 1861-1885
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1885.001--ffALB VAULT
Creator:
Watkins, Carleton E.
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West)
Extent:
14 photographic prints: albumen.
8 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: Twelve Yosemite views printed and issued by I.W. Taber, from original negatives taken by Carleton E. Watkins. To this set
are added one view of the Columbia River and one of Mount Shasta, probably both taken by Watkins on his Oregon trip of 1867.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Restricted originals. Use viewing prints or digital facsimiles only. Shelved as BANC PIC 1885.001--PIC : Use of originals
only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library 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. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Photographs of Yosemite: with Additional Views of Mt. Shasta, Calif. and Cape Horn, Columbia River,
Oregon, BANC PIC 1885.001--ffALB VAULT, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Digital reproductions of select images are available.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
California--Pictorial works
Oregon--Pictorial works
Shasta, Mount (Calif. : Mountain)--Pictorial works
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Albumen prints
Landscapes (Representations)
Mammoth plates
Photographs.
Items 1-12 were a gift to the University from I.W. Taber & Co., 1885. Others were a gift of Frank R. Gwens of Bar Harbor,
Maine.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff.
Scope and Content of Collection
Twelve Yosemite views printed and issued by I.W. Taber, from original negatives taken by Carleton E. Watkins. To this set
are added one view of the Columbia River and one of Mount Shasta, probably both taken by Watkins on his Oregon trip of 1867.
Watkins returned to Shasta in 1870, another possible date for this view.