Photographs in California of Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen, and the Whitney Glacier
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins was a San Francisco photographer who worked both with official surveys and independently to photograph California, Nevada and Utah. In 1867 he served with Clarence King as the official photographer to the California Geological Survey, and in 1870 was the official photographer for King's Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel., Letterpress captions on mounts: U. S. Engineer Department, Geological Exploration, Fortieth Parallel, C. E. Watkins, Photographer. Numbers and titles supplied in brackets on mount versos., and Accompanied by a box list.
Publisher:
U.S. Engineer Department
Subject (Geographic):
United States and California
Subject (Name):
United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
Mammoth-plate photographs of California, including views in Yosemite of Half Dome, North Dome, the Royal Arches, Washington Column, Cathedral Rock, the Cathedral Spires, Mount Broderick, Mount Starr King, Nevada Fall, the Bridal Veil, the Yosemite Falls, and panoramic views of the entire Yosemite Valley, from both Glacier Point and Inspiration Point. There are also views of San Francisco showing the harbour, of the New Almaden Mine, and one view of Mt. Shasta in Siskiyou County
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins was a San Francisco photographer who worked both with official surveys and independently to photograph California, Nevada and Utah. In 1867 he served with Clarence King as the official photographer to the California Geological Survey, and in 1870 was the official photographer for King's Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel., Manuscript or letterpress captions on mounts, some with numbers. Additional titles supplied, when necessary, in brackets on mount versos., and Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Yosemite Valley (Calif.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Three photographs forming a panoramic view of Portland, with houses in clearings in foreground, Willamette River in middle distance and Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens in background
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins, photographer of the American West, travelled to Oregon in 1867 to take photographs along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers., Title devised by cataloger. Attribution to Watkins appears on back of photographs. Photographs dated from reference sources., and Three photographs forming a panorama 39 x 151.9 cm. when joined.
Subject (Geographic):
Portland (Or.), Hood, Mount (Or.), and Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.)
Mammoth-plate photographs of Gold Hill and Virginia City in the Comstock region of Nevada, showing the Consolidated Virginia Battery Mill and Hoisting Works in Virginia City, the Ophir hoisting works, and a view of town of Gold Hill from the Wheeler monument
Description:
Manuscript captions and numbers on verso. and After working as a photographer with the California State Geological Survey and the U. S. Corps of Engineers Survey of the 40th Parallel, Carleton Watkins traveled independently to Nevada, arriving in Comstock in 1875. He photographed the mining towns of Gold Hill and Virginia City in 1875-1876.
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada, Gold Hill (Nev.), and Virginia City (Nev.)
