The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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813 ( 1015)	Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 813, no. 1015 Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
826 ( 1016)	A Storm on Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 826, no. 1016 Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
824 ( 1017)	Pray's Mill and Glenbrook Wharf, Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 824, no. 1017 Mammoth Plate Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
823 ( 1019)	Shakespeare Rock, Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 823, no. 1019 Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
825 ( 1020)	Glenbrook Bay, Lake Tahoe, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 825, no. 1020 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹³⁄₁₆ x 20 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 20 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ x 25 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note on JPGM acc record: â€œThe subject is a settlement on the shore of Lake Tahoe, at Glenbrook Bay, a location that was photographed in mammoth plate only by Watkins. Mammoth plate photographs ... Tags: Douglas County \| Glenbrook \| Nevada	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
954 ( 1021)	Near Spooner Summit, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 954, no. 1021 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ¹⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 19 x 26 in.) Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada		No Image Available
956 ( 1022)	Spooner Summit, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 956, no. 1022 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ¹⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 19 x 26 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Discrepancy between HEH number (1022) and NSM number (1021) Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada		No Image Available
4055	Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe. Stereograph Tags: Douglas County \| Geological \| Nevada	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
4056	Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe. Stereograph Tags: Douglas County \| Geological \| Nevada	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
4057	Cave Rock, Lake Tahoe. Stereograph Tags: Douglas County \| Geological \| Nevada	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
4058	Lake Tahoe from Cave Rock. Stereograph Tags: Douglas County \| Lake Tahoe \| Nevada	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
4059	Lake Tahoe from Cave Rock. Stereograph Tags: Douglas County \| Lake Tahoe \| Nevada	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
4060	Lake Tahoe from Cave Rock. Stereograph Tags: Douglas County \| Lake Tahoe \| Nevada	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
4061	Glenbrook Bay, Lake Tahoe. Stereograph Tags: Bay \| Douglas County \| Lake Tahoe \| Nevada	Courtesy of Len Walle	Quick View
4062	Glenbrook Bay, Lake Tahoe. Stereograph Tags: Bay \| Douglas County \| Lake Tahoe \| Nevada	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
4063	Glenbrook Bay, Lake Tahoe. Stereograph Tags: Bay \| Douglas County \| Lake Tahoe \| Nevada	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
4064	Shakespeare Rocks Stereograph Tags: Douglas County \| Geological \| Nevada	Courtesy of The New York Public Library	Quick View
4065	Lake Shore House, Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe. Stereograph Tags: Douglas County \| Hotel \| Nevada	Courtesy of The Society of California Pioneers	Quick View
957	Spooner Summit, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 957, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 16 ¹⁄₄ x 21 ⁵⁄₈ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Collection donated to NSM by William Bliss July 31, 1942, from Bliss family collection. HEH has a receipt from DL Bliss to Watkins for $970.00, presumably for this and other pictures. Nevada State ... Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada		No Image Available
958	Spooner Summit, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 958, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 16 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₂ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Collection donated to NSM by William Bliss July 31, 1942, from Bliss family collection. HEH has a receipt from DL Bliss to Watkins for $970.00, presumably for this and other pictures. Nevada State ... Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada		No Image Available
955	Spooner Summit, Douglas County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 955, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₈ x 20 ³⁄₄ in., mount 21 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 26 ¹⁄₁₆ in.) Tags: Douglas County \| Nevada	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View