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- 1861 - 1885
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
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Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Carleton E. Watkins photographs, 1861-1885
This collection contains stereographs, cartes de visite, cabinet and boudoir cards, photograph albums, mammoth plates, and other loose prints taken by landscape photographer Carleton E. Watkins, 1861-1885. Watkins photographs that were taken before he lost his Yosemite Art Gallery studio in 1876 to Isaiah W. Taber are known as his "Old Series." Watkins photographs taken after 1876 are referred to as his "New Series." The collection contains both Old Series and New Series images and includes some of Watkins' photographs printed under Taber's imprint..
The bulk of the stereographs and mammoth plate photographs in this collection were taken during Watkins' trips to Oregon to photograph Portland, the Willamette River, and the Columbia River in 1867 (Old Series), as well as in 1882, 1883, and the winter of 1884-1885 (New Series). There are also some stereographs that were taken by Watkins on his 1882 voyage to photograph Puget Sound in the Washington Territory and Victoria in British Columbia. Other mammoth plates, cartes de visite, and stereographs depict views of places in California, including Yosemite and Mariposa County, the Farallon Islands and other scenes of the California coast, San Francisco, Round Top, Mount Lola, and Mount Shasta, as well as views of Utah taken for the Union Pacific Railroad. There are also cabinet card portraits taken by Watkins of various people, including Oregon railroad financier Simeon Gannett Reed and members of the family of Cornelius C. Beekman (1828-1915), banker from Jacksonville, Or.
The collection also contains two photograph albums assembled by Watkins and originally owned by Charles H. Prescott (b. 1839), manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. from 1881-1887. One album, "Sun Sketches of Columbia River Scenery," contains images taken by Watkins during his trips to the Columbia River Gorge circa 1882-1883, and the second album, ""Great Storm of the Winter of 1884-5. Columbia River, Or.," contains images that he took during a winter blizzard in December and January of 1884-1885 that snowed in an Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. train on its tracks along the Columbia River. The collection also contains one group of stereographs entitled "Watkins' Pacific Railroad" that were originally taken by Alfred A. Hart, official photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad, between 1862-1869 and reprinted by Watkins under his own imprint after 1870.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
View of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Photo taken from the Oregon side of the gorge. There are 2 structures, possibly houses, on the shore of the Columbia River.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Castle Rock. Columbia River." (Mammoth 425)
View of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. OHS Collection includes 2 duplicates of this mammoth plate on different mounts.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Castle Rock from Lower Cascades Landing."
View of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Photo taken from up river on the Oregon side of the gorge. Railroad tracks in the foreground.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Castle Rock, Columbia River, Oregon" (Stereograph E43)
Stereograph of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge, 1882.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Celilo. Columbia River." (Mammoth 459)
View of the community of Celilo on the Columbia River. Taken from atop a sand dune on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, looking northwest.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Chinese Camp at the Head of the Dalles, Oregon." (Stereograph E28)
Several tents set up at a Chinese labor camp overlooking the Columbia River at the Head of the Dalles, Watkins Stereograph, New Series.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Chinese Camp at the Head of the Dalles, Oregon." (Stereograph E28)
Several tents set up at a Chinese labor camp overlooking the Columbia River at the Head of the Dalles, Watkins Stereograph, New Series. Image note: discoloring on print.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"City of Portland, Oregon." (Mammoth 401)
Middle panel of Carleton Watkins' 3-part panorama of Portland, Or., 1867.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"City of Portland, Oregon." (Mammoth 401)
Middle panel of Carleton Watkins' 3-part panorama of Portland, Or. Duplicate of Mammoth Plate 401, on a different mount. Condition note: Image has some rips and damage.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"City of Portland, Oregon." (Mammoth 401)
Middle panel of Carleton Watkins' 3-part panorama of Portland, Or., 1867. Duplicate of Mammoth Plate 401, on a different mount. Condition note: Image has some stains and damage.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"City of Portland, Oregon." (Mammoth 401)
Middle panel of Carleton Watkins' 3-part panorama of Portland, Or., 1867 Duplicate of Mammoth Plate 401, on a different mount.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"City of Portland, Oregon." (Mammoth 402)
Left panel of Carleton Watkins' 3-part panorama of Portland, Or., 1867. Mount St. Helens is in the background.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"City of Portland, Oregon." (Mammoth 402)
Left panel of Carleton Watkins' 3-part panorama of Portland, Or., 1867. Mount St. Helens is in the background. Duplicate of Mammoth 402, on a different mount.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"City of Portland, Oregon." (Mammoth 402)
Left panel of Carleton Watkins' 3-part panorama of Portland, Or., 1867. Mount St. Helens is in the background. Duplicate of Mammoth 402, on a different mount.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Clearing the Track, Winter of 1884-5, Oregon. Columbia River Scenery" (Stereograph E35)
Stereograph of workers clearing the Oregon railway & Navigation Co's railroad track on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, after the winter storm of December 1884.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Coast View off Mendocino." (Mammoth 192)
View, looking east, of the town of Mendocino on a bluff in California, 1863. Signature of Carleton E. Watkins below the image.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Coast View off Mendocino." (Mammoth Plate, unnumbered)
View of a sea arch in the ocean off the coast of Mendocino, California, 1863. Taken from the west bluffs of the Mendocino headlands. Signature of Carleton E. Watkins below the image.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Cabinet card portrait of Cornelius C. Beekman. OHS Collection includes 4 duplicates of this cabinet card portrait on different mounts.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Cottage at Port Ludlow, W. T." (Stereograph 5260)
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Cabinet card portrait of Cyrus West Field. Handwriting on front of photo, possibly Field's signature, reads: Cyrus Field N.Y. City.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D.101. Clearing the Track of the O.R. & N.R.R., from Rooster Rock to Oneonta Falls."
Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D101. Clearing the Track--Winter of 1884-5--Columbia River, Or."
Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D.103. Clearing the Track of the O.R. & N.R.R., from Rooster Rock to Oneonta Falls."
Men at work clearing snow from the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884 – 1885. This plate is part of an album of Watkin’s New Series photographs originally owned by Charles H. Prescott, manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D104. Clearing the Track--Winter of 1884-5--Columbia River, Or."
Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D105. Clearing the Track--Winter of 1884-5--Columbia River, Or."
Boudoir card of men at work clearing the track of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company's railroad line along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916