The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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13	Between the Yosemite Falls Stereograph Notes: Stereoview on glass mount Tags: California \| Difficult Viewpoint \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Geological \| Glass Mount \| Manuscript Title \| Mariposa County \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Year 1861 or Before \| Yosemite Valley \| Yosemite Zone 8 - Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls	Courtesy of George Eastman House	Quick View
17	Vernal fall from the top Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title Tags: California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Manuscript Title \| Mariposa County \| Merced River \| Moving Water \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Yosemite Valley \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of Len Walle	Quick View
23	The Mill from the Ferry Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title, no ID on side; Written on reverse of mount: Big River Mill, Mendocino Co. ex. J.B. Ford family estate by Watkins Tags: Bay \| California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Manuscript Title \| Mendocino County \| Tree \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of Len Walle	Quick View
57	Looking up the South Fork from the top of the Vernal Fall Stereograph Tags: California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Mariposa County \| South Fork \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Year 1861 or Before \| Yosemite Valley \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Weston and Mary Naef	Quick View
81	The pool above the Vernal Fall Stereograph Tags: California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Mariposa County \| Still Water \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of Jim Crain	Quick View
83	The Cañon below the Vernal Fall Stereograph Tags: California \| Condition Issue \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Mariposa County \| Shadow \| Study of Light \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Yosemite Zone 11 - Mt Broderick, Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of Weston and Mary Naef	Quick View
101	Hacienda, New Almaden Stereograph Tags: Building \| California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Smelting \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Works	Courtesy of Robert Smith	Quick View
102	Smelting Works, New Almaden Stereograph Tags: Bridge \| Building \| California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Figure in Landscape \| New Almaden \| Pair \| Santa Clara County \| Smelting \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Works	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
112	The Town on the Hill, New Almaden Stereograph Notes: Same image as #158 Tags: Building \| California \| Distant View \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Study of Light \| Town \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
121	Hacienda from the Cross Peak, New Almaden Stereograph Notes: Same negative as #141 Tags: California \| Distant View \| Elevated Viewpoint \| New Almaden \| Road \| Santa Clara County \| Valley \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of Jim Crain	Quick View
123	Bed of the old Furnaces, New Almaden. 1863, Stereograph Tags: Close Up \| Invisible Main Subject \| Messy Environment \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Works	Courtesy of Harper Wright on behalf of the Estate of Helen Carroll Wright	Quick View
124	The New Road, New Almaden Stereograph Tags: California \| Laundry \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of The New York Public Library	Quick View
140	The New Road from the Mine Peak, New Almaden Stereograph Tags: California \| Distant View \| New Almaden \| Road \| Santa Clara County \| Study of Light \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library	Quick View
141	The Hacienda from the Cross Hill, New Almaden Stereograph Notes: Same negative as #121 Tags: California \| Distant View \| Elevated Viewpoint \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Valley \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library	Quick View
151	The Works and the Mine, New Almaden Stereograph Tags: Building \| California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Fence \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Smelting \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Works	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
152	At the Hacienda, New Almaden Stereograph Notes: same image on both Tags: Building \| California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Fence \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
153	Hacienda (View East) Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title Tags: Building \| California \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Works	Courtesy of Len Walle	Quick View
156	Town on the Hill Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title Tags: California \| Cloud \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Manuscript Title \| New Almaden \| Pair \| Road \| Santa Clara County \| Study of Light \| Town \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
157	The Cross Hill 1863, Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title Tags: California \| Geological \| Manuscript Title \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Town \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
158	The Town on the Hill, New Almaden Stereograph Notes: Same image as #112 Tags: Building \| California \| Elevated Viewpoint \| New Almaden \| Pair \| Road \| Santa Clara County \| Town \| Valley \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of Jim Crain	Quick View
162	Street View Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title. "New Almaden Quicksilver Mine" verso] Tags: Building \| California \| Manuscript Title \| New Almaden \| Santa Clara County \| Valley \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of Steve Heselton	Quick View
165	Entrance at the Mine Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title Tags: Building \| California \| Manuscript Title \| Men at Work \| New Almaden \| Occupational \| Santa Clara County \| Viewpoint Looking Down \| Works	Courtesy of Len Walle	Quick View
168	The Hacienda, New Almaden Stereograph Tags: Building \| California \| New Almaden \| Road \| Santa Clara County \| Study of Light \| Valley \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
169	San Jose (No.1) 1863, Stereograph Notes: Manuscript title Tags: Agriculture \| Botany \| Building \| California \| Difficult Viewpoint \| Elevated Viewpoint \| Figure in Landscape \| Manuscript Title \| Men at Work \| Occupational \| Panorama \| San Jose \| Santa Clara County \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of Phil Nathanson	Quick View
169	Panorama of San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley (No. 1) Stereograph Tags: Agriculture \| Building \| California \| Figure in Landscape \| Men at Work \| Occupational \| Panorama \| San Jose \| Santa Clara County \| Viewpoint Looking Down	Courtesy of American Antiquarian Society	Quick View