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Watkins (Carleton Eugene, 1829-1916, et al.). An album of 135 photographic views of United States, by Carleton E. Watkins, Isaiah Taber, William H. Jackson Charles Roscoe Savage George Barker & Theodore Gubelman, c. 1880s, albumen prints, featuring views in Yosemite, San Francisco including Chinese people, Monterey, Salt Lake City, Chicago, New York and Niagara Falls, images 32.5 x 20.5cm and smaller, mounted on rectos and versos of 40 stiff card leaves, with a further 24 photographs of Cannes, Monaco and Germany, on 8 leaves at rear, contemporary half morocco, oblong folio (31 x 41cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: T.D. McKay, Pacific Coast Passenger Agent, whose photograph (7 x 5cm) and name appears on the front pastedown. Photographs by C.E. Watkins: San Francisco (Cable Railroad) / Geary Street Cable Railroad, 12 x 20.5 cm; San Francisco (Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill) C.E. Watkins, 12 x 20.5 cm; San Francisco (Chinese Restaurant in Sacramento St.), 11 x 17 cm; San Francisco (Smoking Divan in Chinese Restaurant), 11 x 17 cm; San Francisco (Chinese actor), 11 x 17 cm; San Francisco Chinese Ladies, 11 x 17 cm; San Francisco Entrance to Joss House, 11 x 17 cm; Monterey (Hotel del Monte), 11 x 17 cm; Monterey (Gardens of Hotel del Monte), 11.5 x 20 cm; Monterey (Grounds of Hotel del Monte) / Bridge on the 18 mile... , 11 x 17 cm; Monterey (Arizona garden in grounds of Hotel del Monte, 12 x 20 cm; Monterey (Chinese fishing village) Young squid catchers - Chinese family, 18.5 x 11.5 cm; Monterey - The tree bent by the trade wind "As the Twig is bent the Tree is inclined, 12 x 20 cm; Mojave Desert (Yucca Dracona), 11 x 17 cm; S.P.R.R Cala the Loop on the Tehachapi Pass, 12 x 20.5 cm; Riverside Bee Farm, 11 x 17 cm; San Gabriel Indian huts, 11 x 17 cm. Photographs credited to I.W. Taber but possibly from the negatives of C.E. Watkins: B 773. "Telescope," 90 feet high, 19.5 x 12 cm; B 826. "General Grant" 320 feet high, Mariposa Grove, 12 x 20 cm; B 797. Burnt section, 80 feet from stump, Mariposa Grove, 12 x 19.5 cm; B 1056 General View of Yosemite Valley from Artist's Point, 19 x 23.5 cm; B 976 The Domes, from Merced River (only taber refs), 18.5 x 23.5 cm; A 7. Up the Valley, Yosemite, Cal., 20.5 x 30.5 cm; B 1057 Bridal Veil Falls, 900 feet, 23.5 x 18 cm; B 997 Yosemite (Cap of Liberty & Nevada Falls), 23 x 19 cm; B 964 "Cascade Falls" Yosemite, 23 x 19 cm; A 251 "Sentinel Rock" 3,100 feet, 32.5 x 23 cm; A 291 "El Capitan," Reflected 3,300 feet, 32 x 23 cm; A 302 Yosemite Falls, 30 x 20.5 cm; A 28. The Three Brothers, 3,818 feet, reflected, Yosemite, Cal., 32.5 x 20.5 cm; A 215 Half Dome, from Glacier Point, 30 x 20.5 cm; A 41. Glacier Point, 3,257 feet, Yosemite, Cal., 30 x 20.5 cm; A 339 "Cathedral Spires," 2,660 feet, 30 x 20.5 cm; A 260 "Grizzly Giant," 33 feet diameter, Mariposa Grove, 32 x 23 cm; A 270 "Wawona"-28 feet diameter, 275 feet high - Mariposa Grove, 32 x 23 cm; A 324 "Father of the Forest" (fallen tree) Calvaras Grove, original height 450 feet, cir. At base, 112 feet, 20 x 30 cm. Photographs by I.W. Taber: San Francisco (Market Street & Palace Hotel) / Palace & Grand Hotel, 19 x 23.5cm; B523 California Street from Kearny Street, San Francisco, looking West, 18.5 x 23.5cm; B532 Seal Rock, Pacific Ocean, 18.5 x 23.5cm; B 1177 in Chinatown, S.F., Cal., 18.5 x 23.5 cm; B 6. Chinese Grand Restaurant, S.F., Cal., 19.5 x 12.5 cm; B 1182 Store In Chinatown, S.F., Cal., 19.5 x 12.5 cm; San Francisco (Chinese actor), not from life, 19 x 12 cm; B 5. Chinese Restaurant, S.F., Cal., 19.5 x 12 cm. Photographs by C.R. Savage: East Part Salt Lake City from Ensign Peak, 10 x 15.5 cm; Salt Lake City from Ensign Peak, 11.5 x 19 cm; Blackrock & Garfield Landing Salt Lake City, 10.5 x 15.5 cm; Eagle Gate and Bee Hive House, 9.5 x 15 cm; Gardo, Lion and Bee Hive Houses, Salt Lake City, 11.5 x 19 cm; Temple Block, Salt Lake City, 10 x 15.5 cm; Interior of Morman Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, 12 x 19.5 cm. Photographs by W.H. Jackson & Co.: 1