Bear Valley

Description

Title: Bear Valley
Creator: Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Contributor: Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902--Pictorial works.
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Published / Created: [ca. 1860-1861]
Abstract: Overhead view of Bear Valley, California.
Description: The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins. Col. John C. Fremont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Fremonts Mariposa estate and its assets.
Extent: 1 transparency
8.3 x 17.2 cm.
glass stereographs, b&w

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Photos 208
Collection Title: Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Fremonts Mariposa estate
Collection / Other Creator: Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Collection Created: ca. 1860-1861
Container / Volume: Folder 3

Format: still image
Genre: Stereographs
Transparencies
Subject (Geographic): California --Pictorial works
Subject (Name): Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902--Pictorial works.
Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Subject (Topic): Dwellings --California.
Hills
Landscape photography --California.
Small towns.

Access: Public
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