Mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite Valley, between 1861 and 1881

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Watkins, Carleton E. Farquhar, Francis Peloubet
Abstract:
Yosemite views, with one image of the Columbia River, Oregon.
Extent:
27 photographic prints : albumen ; images 40 x 54 cm. or smaller, mounts 48 x 61 cm. 13 digital objects
Language:
Collection materials are in English

Background

Scope and content:

Yosemite views, with one image of the Columbia River, Oregon. Photographs are mostly mammoth-plate sized, with several in the smaller imperial plate dimensions. Although formerly assembled in a single mammoth album, views appear to be from negatives taken in the 1860s on up to Watkins' "New Series" of the 1878-1881 period.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Farquhar.
Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Note:

Some bear printed labels from Watkins' New Series, others captioned in ms.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481