Mammoth plate albumen print mounted on board with 9 additional photographs mounted on reverse. Image: 38.7x51.7 cm (15¼x20½"); board: 47.8x61.5 cm (18¾x24¼"). Other photographs vary in size and measure up to 14.5x19.2 cm (5¾x7½"). Album leaf with Carleton Watkins' iconic image of Mirror Lake in Yosemite. Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs, cat. no. 234. On reverse of mount are nine photographs captioned "Union Pacific Railway 1873" although the Group of Paiute Indians photograph is from Thomas Houseworth & Co.'s Central Pacific series. In the 1870's Carleton Watkins and Thomas Houseworth were neighbors, with studios on the first block of Montgomery St. From the collection of Jack and Beverly Waltman.
Mammoth plate albumen print mounted on board with 9 additional photographs mounted on reverse. Image: 38.7x51.7 cm (15¼x20½"); board: 47.8x61.5 cm (18¾x24¼"). Other photographs vary in size and measure up to 14.5x19.2 cm (5¾x7½"). Album leaf with Carleton Watkins' iconic image of Mirror Lake in Yosemite. Carleton Watkins: The Complete Mammoth Photographs, cat. no. 234. On reverse of mount are nine photographs captioned "Union Pacific Railway 1873" although the Group of Paiute Indians photograph is from Thomas Houseworth & Co.'s Central Pacific series. In the 1870's Carleton Watkins and Thomas Houseworth were neighbors, with studios on the first block of Montgomery St. From the collection of Jack and Beverly Waltman.
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