Watkins (Carleton E.) Mammoth Plate Photographs of Yosemite Valley, between 1861 and 1881

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Summary

Title:
Mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite Valley
Dates:
between 1861 and 1881
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
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mammoth Plate Photographs of Yosemite Valley, BANC PIC 1959.066--C, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding Aid written by James Eason
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: April 2008

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research, except for originals, which are restricted. Use viewing prints or digital facsimiles only: Shelved as BANC PIC 1959.066--PIC. Use of originals only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.

Terms of access:

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mammoth Plate Photographs of Yosemite Valley, BANC PIC 1959.066--C, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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