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Org. Lot
93
Watkins,
Carleton E., 1829-1916
Carleton E. Watkins
photographs
1861-1885
9.5 cubic feet
100 loose mammoth plates and 424 other
photographs in 1 document box, 2 card file boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 2
volumes in 2 oversize boxes
Photographs taken by Carleton E. Watkins,
renowned photographer of the American West, 1861-1885. The bulk of the
collection contains Watkins' photographs of Portland, the Willamette River, and
the Columbia River from 1867 and 1882-1885, as well as images of California,
Utah, the Washington Territory, and British Columbia. Includes stereographs and
other card photographs, mammoth plates, panoramic photographs, and photograph
albums.
Hand-written and printed titles on
photographs in the collection are in
English
Biographical Note
Carleton E. Watkins, renowned nineteenth-century photographer of the
American West, began his career in photography in 1854 at the age of 25. Born
in Oneonta, N. Y. in 1829, Watkins relocated to California in the spring of
1851 and by 1853-1854 was living in San Francisco. There he was taught the art
of photography by Robert Vance (1825-1876), owner of daguerreotype studios in
San Francisco and San Jose. By 1856, Watkins had moved on to work as an
ambrotypist in the portrait studio of James M. Ford (1827-circa 1877) in San
Jose.
Sometime between 1856 and 1858, Watkins began operating as a freelance
photographer in the San Jose and San Francisco areas and experimented with
large-format outdoor photography using wet-plate collodion negatives. His
largest surviving body of work prior to 1861 documents Las Mariposas, the
California mining estate of Col. John C. Frémont. In 1861, Watkins traveled to
Yosemite with a mammoth-plate camera. The thirty mammoth plates and one hundred
stereoscopic negatives that he made during this trip were partly responsible
for government protection of Yosemite as a national park and were published in
Josiah Whitney’s The Yosemite Book in 1869, one of
the first American books devoted solely to landscape photography. Watkins
returned to Yosemite many times between 1861 and 1881 to photograph the park
and even set up his own gallery there to showcase and sell his photography.
In 1865, Watkins opened his "Yo Semite Gallery" at 425 Montgomery Street
in San Francisco. That same year, he won an award for "Mountain Views" at the
San Francisco Mechanics' Institute Industrial Exhibition and, in 1867, won a
bronze medal for his mammoth plates of Yosemite at the Paris International
Exposition, earning him an international reputation as a landscape
photographer. In July of that same year, Watkins traveled to Oregon to
photograph Portland, Or. and the Columbia River area. Beginning in Portland,
Watkins traveled south to Oswego and Oregon City on the Willamette River to
photograph the area and north again across the Columbia to Vancouver in the
Washington Territory. He then traveled east along the Columbia River, following
the trade route of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company, finally leaving Oregon
in November of 1867 with fifty-nine mammoth plates and one hundred stereograph
negatives. Fifty of these mammoth views were exhibited in Portland in 1868 at
Shanahan’s Art Gallery, garnering Watkins much acclaim. He also won the top
award that year for a major exhibit of Pacific Coast photography at the San
Francisco Mechanics’ Institute Industrial Exhibition.
In 1875, financial troubles and a nationwide economic slump caused
Watkins to lose his studio in San Francisco, his gallery in Yosemite, and the
entire collection of what is now known as his “Old Series” negatives. His
business was sold to Isaiah W. Taber, who continued to print these negatives
under his own studio imprint. However, by 1876, Watkins was up and running
again, determined to re-photograph many of his famous views for what he called
his “New Series of Pacific Coast Views.” As part of this series, Watkins made a
return trip to Oregon in 1882, stopping at Portland and the Columbia River
before continuing north to photograph the Puget Sound area of the Washington
Territory and Victoria, British Columbia. He returned to Oregon again in 1883
to photograph Cascade Locks on the Columbia River, as well as other features of
the river valley, and again during the winter of 1884-1885, when he
photographed a winter blizzard that snowed in an Oregon Railway and Navigation
Railroad train on its tracks in the Columbia River Gorge.
Carleton Watkins continued to photograph until the early 1890s, when his
health began to fail. For the rest of his life, he lived in near blindness and
poverty. All of his negatives were destroyed in the April 1906 earthquake and
fire in San Francisco. For the next decade, Watkins lived under the custody of
his daughter and the Napa State Hospital for the Insane and died on June 23,
1916. His photographs remain some of the earliest and most well-regarded visual
records of the landscape of the American West and its early settlement.
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.
This collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series A. Stereographs, 1861-1885
- Subseries 1. Watkins' "Old Series" stereographs,
1861-1873
- Subseries 2. Watkins' New Series stereographs, circa
1876-1885
- Subseries 3. Watkins' Pacific Railroad stereographs,
circa 1862-1869
- Series B. Card photographs, 1861-1885
- Subseries 1. Cartes de visite, 1861-circa 1865
- Subseries 2. Cabinet cards, circa 1871-1875
- Subseries 3. Boudoir cards, 1867-1885
- Series C. Mammoth plates, 1863-1883
- Subseries 1. Portland, Willamette River, and Columbia
River, 1867 and circa 1882-1883
- Subseries 2. California coast, 1863-1869
- Subseries 3. Round Top, Mount Lola, and Mount Shasta,
1879
- Subseries 4. Yosemite, circa 1878-1881
- Series D. Photograph albums, circa 1883-1885
- Subseries 1. "Sun Sketches of Columbia River
Scenery," circa 1882-1883
- Subseries 2. "Great Storm of the Winter of 1884-5.
Columbia River, Or.," 1884-1885
- Series E. Other loose prints, circa 1883-1885
Collection is open for research.
The Watkins photographs are viewable online in OHS Digital Collections.
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Access to original materials in the collection is limited for preservation purposes. Researchers are asked to use digitized images available online in OHS Digital Collections or access prints available in the library. Contact staff for more information.
Carleton E. Watkins photographs, Org. Lot 93, Oregon Historical Society
Research Library.
An item inventory to this collection was first prepared in 1981 and
updated as images were added. This guide should be used as the complete index
to the Carleton E. Watkins photographs, Org. Lot 93, at the Oregon Historical
Society Research Library.
Information on Carleton E. Watkins can be found in the following sources
in the Oregon Historical Society Research Library:
Alinder, James, ed.
Carleton E. Watkins: Photographs of the Columbia River and
Oregon. [Carmel, Calif.]: The Friends of Photography and Weston
Gallery, 1979.
Johnson, Joe William.
The Early Pacific Coast Photographs of Carleton E.
Watkins. Berkeley, Calif.: Water Resources Center Archives, University
of California, Berkeley, 1960.
Nickel, Douglas R.
Carleton Watkins: The Art of Perception. New York:
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
1999.
Palmquist, Peter.
Carleton E. Watkins: Photographer of the American West.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press for the Amon Carter Museum,
1983.
Terry, Richard, comp.
Carleton E. Watkins: A Listing of Photographs in the
Collection of the California State Library. Sacramento: California
State Library Foundation, 1984.
Beekman,
Cornelius C., 1828-1915--Photographs
Reed,
Simeon Gannett, 1830-1895--Photographs
Taber, I.
W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912--Photographs
Columbia
River--Photographs
Columbia
River Gorge (Or. and Wash.)--Photographs
Farallon
Islands (Calif.)--Photographs
Portland
(Or.)--Photographs
Puget Sound
(Wash.)--Photographs
San
Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Shasta,
Mount (Calif.)--Photographs
Utah--Photographs
Victoria
(B.C.)--Photographs
Yosemite
National Park (Calif.)--Photographs
Railroads--Utah--Photographs
British Columbia
California
Oregon
Photographs
Railroads
Washington (State)
Boudoir card
photographs
Cabinet
photographs
Cartes de
visite
Photograph
albums
Photographic
prints
Stereographs
Series A
Stereographs
1861-1873
268 items.
Arranged into three subseries: Watkins' "Old Series"
stereographs; Watkins' New Series stereographs; and Watkins' Pacific Railroad
stereographs.
Subseries
1
Watkins' "Old Series"
stereographs
1861-1873
161 items.
This subseries consists of stereographs taken by Watkins
from 1861-1875 that are commonly known as his "Old Series."
Arranged numerically by Watkins stereograph number.
Stereograph
37
1/1
"Tasayac, or the Half
Dome, 5000 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal."
1861
Stereograph
140
1/2
"New Road from Mine Park"
[New Almaden, Calif.]
1863
Hand-written caption. Signed by Watkins.
Stereograph
777
1/3
"At the Cliff House, San
Francisco."
circa
1864
Stereograph
946
1/4
"Fort Point, from Black
Point, San Francisco."
circa
1864
Stereograph
1021
1/5
"View on the Merced,
Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal."
circa
1865
Stereograph
1043
1/6
"In Camp Grove, Yosemite
Valley, Mariposa County, Cal."
circa
1865
Stereograph
1064
1/7
"Indian Camp, Yosemite
Valley Mariposa County, Cal."
circa
1865
Stereograph
1078
1/8
"Pohono, or the Bridal
Veil, 900 feet, from the Coulterville Trail, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County,
Cal."
circa
1865-1866
Stereograph
1083
1/9
"Cascade between the
Vernal and Nevada Falls, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal."
circa
1865
Stereograph
1106
1/10
"View Up the Valley,
Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal."
circa
1865
Stereograph
1116
1/11
"Mount Starr King,
Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal."
circa
1865
Stereograph
1131
1/12
"Tacoye, or the North
Dome, 3730 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal."
circa
1865
Stereograph
1151
1/13
"The Tenaya Cañon, from
Glacier Point, Yosemite valley, Mariposa County, Cal."
circa
1865
Stereograph
1164
1/14
"Section of the Grizzly
Giant, 33 feet diameter, Mariposa Grove, Mariposa County, Cal."
1861
Stereograph
1168
1/15
"In the Mariposa
Grove"
1861
Hand-written caption. Signed by Watkins.
Stereograph
1201
1/16
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 1."
1867
Stereograph
1202
1/17
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 2."
1867
Stereograph
1203
1/18-1/19
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 3."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts.
Stereograph
1204
1/20-1/21
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 4."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts. The
stereograph in 1/21 is a half-stereograph; the other half is missing.
Stereograph
1205
1/22-1/23
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 5."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts. The
stereograph in 1/23 is a half-stereograph; the other half is missing.
Stereograph
1206
1/24-1/25
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 6."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts.
Stereograph
1207
1/26-1/27
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 7."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts. The
stereograph in 1/26 is a half-stereograph; the other half is missing.
Stereograph
1208
1/28-1/29
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 8."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts. The
stereograph in 1/28 is a half-stereograph; the other half is missing.
Stereograph
1209
1/30
"Panorama of Portland and
the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 9."
1867
Stereograph
1211
1/31-1/32
"Smelting Furnace, Oswego
Iron Works, Oregon."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts.
Stereograph
1212
1/33-1/35
"Oswego Iron Works,
Oregon."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on three different mounts.
Stereograph
1213
1/36
"Oswego Iron Works,
Oregon."
1867
Stereograph
1214
1/37
"Panorama of Oregon City
and the Willamette Falls. No. 1."
1867
Stereograph
1215
1/38
"Panorama of Oregon City
and the Willamette Falls. No. 2."
1867
Stereograph
1216
1/39
"Panorama of Oregon City
and the Willamette Falls. No. 3."
1867
Stereograph
1217
1/40-1/42
"Panorama of Oregon City
and the Willamette Falls. No. 4."
1867
Three different printings of the same stereograph.
Stereograph
1218
1/43-1/44
"Panorama of Oregon City
and the Willamette Falls. No. 5."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts.
Stereographs
1219-1222
1/45-1/54
"The Willamette Falls,
Oregon."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts and
different printings of the same stereograph. The stereograph in 1/48 is uncut
and unmounted stereograph (1/48), and the stereograph in 1/52 bears the imprint
of I. W. Taber.
Stereograph
1223
1/55
"Oregon City,
Oregon."
1867
Stereograph
1224
1/56
"Imperial Mills, Oregon
City."
1867
Stereographs
1225-1226
1/57-1/59
"View on the Columbia
River, near Vancouver."
1867
Stereographs in 1/57 and 1/58 are duplicate stereographs
on two different mounts.
Stereograph
1227
1/60
"Residence of Mrs.
Knight, Columbia River, opposite Government Island."
1867
Stereograph
1228
1/61-1/62
"Rooster Rock, Columbia
River."
1867
Stereograph in 1/62 bears the imprint of I. W.
Taber.
Stereographs
1229-1232
1/63-1/69
"Cape Horn, Columbia
River."
1867
Includes different printings of the same stereographs.
The Stereograph in 1/65 bears the imprint of I. W. Taber.
Stereograph
1233
1/70
"Lone Rock, Columbia
River."
1867
Stereograph
1234
1/71
"Residence of John
Stephenson, Esq., Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1235
1/72-1/73
"Nimrod, Columbia
River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on two different mounts.
Stereograph
1236
1/74
"In the Orchard, Columbia
River."
1867
Stereographs
1237-1239
1/75-1/78
"Multnomah Falls,
Columbia River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereographs
1240-1241
1/79-1/81
"Lower Multnomah Fall,
Columbia River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1242
1/82-1/83
"View from Multnomah
Falls, Columbia River."
1867
Stereographs
1243-1248
1/84-1/96
"Castle Rock, Columbia
River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts and
different printings of the same stereograph. The stereograph in 1/90 has a
mounting that is labeled "Watkins' New Series" but is numbered as the Old
Series and was taken as part of the Old Series.
Stereograph
1249
1/97
"Steamer
Cascade."
1867
Stereograph
1250
1/98-1/99
"A foggy morning in the
Cascades, Columbia River, Oregon."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1251
1/100-1/101
"Betsey Baker, Cascades,
Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1252
1/102
"J. S. Ruckle, Cascades,
Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1253
1/103-1/104
"S. G. Reed, Cascades,
Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1254
1/105
"Car House at the
Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1255
1/106-1/107
"Lower Cascades, Columbia
River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1256
1/108
"Residence of G. Copely,
Esq., Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1257
1/109-1/111
"The Garrison, Cascades,
Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1258
1/112-1/113
"The Middle Landing, O.
R. R., Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1259
1/114-1/116
"The Middle Block House,
Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. The
stereograph in 1/116 is mounted on a Watkins' New Series mount but is numbered
as the Old Series and was taken as part of the Old Series.
Stereograph
1260
1/117-1/118
"The Middle Block House,
Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1261
1/119-1/120
"View on the Columbia
River from the Middle Block House."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1262
1/121
"The Cut, Middle Block
House."
1867
Stereograph
1263
1/122-1/124
"View on the Columbia
River, Middle Block House, Cascades."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1264
1/125-1/127
"View on the Columbia
River, from the Middle Block House."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. The
stereograph in 1/127 is mounted on a Watkins' New Series mount but is numbered
as the Old Series and was taken as part of the Old Series.
Stereograph
1265
1/128-1/129
"Ruins of the High
Bridge, Middle Block House, Cascades."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1266
1/130-1/131
"The Upper Cascades,
Columbia River, from the Block House."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereographs
1267-1268
1/132-1/135
"Salmon Fishing in the
Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1269
1/136
"Steamer Oneonta, Upper
Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1270
1/137-1/138
"Upper Cascades, Columbia
River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1271
1/139-1/140
"Lookout Mountain,
Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereographs
1272-1274
1/141-1/146
"Islands in the Columbia,
from the Upper Cascades."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts. The
stereograph in 1/144 bears the imprint of I. W. Taber.
Stereograph
1275
1/147-1/148
"Steamer Oneonta, Upper
Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereographs
1276-1279
1/149-1/153
"Upper Cascades, Columbia
River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereographs
1280-1286
1/154-1/165
"View on the Columbia
River, from the O. R. R., Cascades."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1287
1/166-1/167
"Moonlight on the
Columbia, from the O. R. R. Cascades."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1288
1/168
"In Camp, O. R. R.,
Columbia River Cascades."
1867
Stereographs
1289-1294
1/169-1/180
"View on the Columbia
River, from the O. R. R. Cascades."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts and
different printings of the same stereograph.
Stereograph
1295
1/181-1/183
"Residence of Jo. Bailey,
Esq., O. R. R. Cascades."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1296
1/184-1/185
"Eagle Creek Saw Mill, O.
R. R. Cascades."
1896
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereographs
1297-1299
1/186-1/190
"The Tooth Bridge, O. R.
R. Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
The stereograph in 1/187 bears the imprint of I. W. Taber.
Stereographs
1300-1301
1/191-1/194
"View on the Columbia, O.
R. R. Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1302
1/195-1/196
"Running Stock, O. R. R.
Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. The
stereograph in 1/195 is erroneously printed with the caption "View on the
Columbia, O. R. R. Cascades, Columbia River" and Watkins no. 1301.
Stereograph
1303
1/197-1/198
"Dalles City from
Rockland, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1304
1/199
"Dalles City, Columbia
River. View from the East."
1867
Stereographs
1305-1306
1/200-1/201
"Dalles City, Columbia
River, from Sun Set Hill."
1867
Stereograph
1307
1/202
"O. S. N. Co's Works,
Dalles City, Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1308
1/203-1/204
"Machine Shop, O. S. N.
Co's, Dalles City: Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1309-1310
1/205-1/207
"O. S. N Co's Office,
Dalles City, Columbia River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1311
1/208-1/209
"Officer's Quarters O. S.
N. Co., Dalles City, Columbia River."
1867
Two different printings of the same stereograph on
different mounts.
Stereographs
1312-1313
1/210-1/211
"D. F. Bradford, Dalles
City, Columbia River."
1867
Stereographs
1314-1315
1/212-1/214
"Dalles City, Columbia
River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts
Stereograph
1316
1/215-1/216
"Catholic Church, Dalles
City, Columbia River."
1867
The stereograph in 1/215 is a half-stereograph; other
half is missing.
Stereograph
1317
1/217-1/218
"Suburban Retreat, Dalles
City, Columbia River."
1867
The stereograph in 1/217 is not captioned or
numbered.
Stereograph
1318
1/219-1/220
"The Dalles, from Sun Set
Hill."
1867
Two different printings of the same stereograph.
Stereograph
1319
1/221-1/222
"Mount Adams, from Sun
Set Hills, Columbia River."
1867
Two different printings of the same stereograph on
different mountings.
Stereograph
1320
1/223
"Mount Hood, from Sun Set
Hill, Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1321
1/224
"Mount Hood, from Five
Mile Creek, Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1322
1/225-1/226
"Mount Hood, from the
Head of the Dalles."
1867
Two different printings of the same stereograph on
different mountings.
Stereograph
1323
1/227
"Mount Hood, from the
Dalles, Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1324
1/228-1/229
"Mount Hood and the
Dalles, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1325
1/230-1/231
"The Passage of the
Dalles, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1326
1/232-1/234
"Indian Camp at the Head
of the Dalles, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1327
1/235
"Tum Water, Columbia
River."
1867
Stereographs
1328-1329
1/236-1/238
"Cape Horn, near Celilo,
Columbia River."
1867
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1330
1/239-1/240
"O. S. N. Co.'s
Warehouse, Celilo, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. "O. S. N.
Co." is the Oregon Steam Navigation Company.
Stereograph
1331
2/1
"Indian Ranch on the
Columbia, during Salmon Fishing."
1867
Stereograph
1332
2/2
"Interior of the O. S. N.
Co.'s Warehouse, Celilo, Columbia River."
1867
Stereograph
1333
2/3-2/4
"O. S. N. Co.'s Dry Dock,
Celilo, Columbia River."
1867
Two different printings of the same stereograph.
Stereograph
1334
2/5
"View on the Columbia
River, from Celilo."
1867
Stereograph
1335
2/6-2/7
"A Country School at the
Garrison, Cascades, Columbia River."
1867
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Stereograph
1336
2/8
"At the Lower Cascades,
C. R."
1867
Stereograph
1337
2/9
"Lower Cascades, C.
R."
1867
Caption may alternately read: "Mc_________ Lower
Cascades, C. R."
Stereograph
1613
2/10
"Point Bonita. First
Australian Steamer outward bound"
circa
1869
Stereograph
1770
2/11
"Montgomery Street from
Market, S. F."
circa
1869
Stereograph
2043
2/12
"Sea Lions, West End,
Farallone Islands, P. O."
1869
Stereograph
2049
2/13
"Sea Lions, West End,
Farallone Islands, Pacific Ocean."
1869
Stereograph
2051
2/14
"Sea Lions, West End,
Farallone Islands, P. O."
1869
Stereograph
2063
2/15
"Gull, Shags & Murr,
Farrallon Island, Pacific Ocean."
1869
Stereograph
2072
2/16
"The Oldest Inhabitant of
the Farallone Islands."
1869
Stereograph
2516
2/17
"View of Lava Bed,
looking South-west."
circa
1873
Stereograph
2751
2/18
"Tithing Houses, Salt
Lake, Utah."
1873
Stereograph
2752
2/19
"The Tabernacle, Salt
Lake, Utah."
1873
Stereograph
2755
2/20
"The Toll Gatherer at the
Devil's Gate, Weber Canyon, Utah, U. P. R. R."
1873
Stereograph
2756
2/21
"The Devil's Slide, Weber
Canyon, Utah, U. P. R. R."
1873
Stereograph
2757
2/22
"1000-mile Tree, Weber
Canyon, Utah. U. P. R. R."
1873
Stereograph
2761
2/23
"View from Witch Rocks,
near Echo, Utah. U. P. R. R."
1873
Images depicts Watkins' photo wagon.
Stereograph
2766
2/24
"Pulpit Rock, (view
West), Echo, Utah. U. P. R. R."
1873
Stereograph
2767
2/25
"Pulpit Rock, Echo
Canyon, Utah. U. P. R. R."
1873
Unnumbered
stereograph
2/26
Portrait of John
Stephenson
1867
No caption on stereograph. Identification supplied by
Terry Toedtemeier. John Stephenson's last name has alternately also been
spelled "Stevenson."
Unnumbered
stereograph
2/27
Portrait of the Bailey
family of Eagle Creek
1867
No caption on stereograph. Identification supplied by
Terry Toedtemeier.
Subseries 2
Watkins' New Series stereographs
circa 1876-1885
97 items.
Arranged numerically by Watkins stereograph number.
This subseries contains stereographs produced by Carleton
Watkins that were taken after his bankruptcy in 1875 and are known as his "New
Series." Some of these stereographs were taken before 1875 but published later
in the New Series.
Stereographs
3638 and 3641-3642
2/28-2/30
"View from the Residence
of Chas. Crocker, Esq., S. F. California St."
circa
1878
Stereograph
4158
2/31
"Gold Hill, from the
Reservoir."
circa
1876-1877
Stereograph
5219
2/32
"Panorama of Seattle, (W.
T.), from Denny's Hill. No. 2."
1882
Stereograph
5224
2/33
"Panorama of Seattle from
Denny's Hill, W. T., No. 7."
1882
Stereograph
5226
2/34
"Bell Town, Seattle,
W.T."
1882
Stereograph
5228
2/35
"Seattle, Puget Sound, W.
T.; view from South Ridge."
1882
Stereograph
5230
2/36
"Suburban Residence,
Seattle, W. T."
1882
Stereographs
5236 and 5242
2/37-2/38
"At Port Blakeley, Puget
Sound, W. T."
1882
Stereographs
5254-5256
2/39-2/41
"At Port Gamble, W.
T."
1882
Stereograph
5258
2/42
"At Port Ludlow, Puget
Sound, W. T."
1882
Stereograph
5259
2/43
"'Old Saw Dust,' Port
Ludlow, W. T."
1882
Stereograph
5260
2/44
"Cottage at Port Ludlow,
W. T."
1882
Stereograph
5265
2/45
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from the Government Buildings, (No. 2.)"
1882
Stereograph
5267
2/46
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from the Government Buildings, (No. 4.)"
1882
Stereograph
5269
2/47
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from the Government Buildings, (No. 6.)"
1882
Stereograph
5270
2/48
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from the Government Buildings, (No. 7.)"
1882
Stereograph
5272
2/49
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from the Government Buildings, (No. 9.)"
1882
Stereograph
5274
2/50
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from the Government Buildings, (No. 11.)"
1882
Stereograph
5276
2/51
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from the Government Buildings, (No. 13.)"
1882
Stereograph
5277
2/52
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from Christ Church, (No. 1.)"
1882
Stereograph
5287
2/53
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from Christ Church, (No. 11.)"
1882
Stereograph
5288
2/54
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from Christ Church, (No. 112.)"
1882
Stereograph
5292
2/55
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from Christ Church, (No. 16.)"
1882
Stereograph
5293
2/56
"Panorama of Victoria (B.
C.) from Christ Church, (No. 17.)"
1882
Stereograph
5294
2/57
"Interior of Christ
Church, Victoria, (B. C.)"
1882
Stereographs
5295-5298
2/58-2/61
"Government House,
Victoria, (B. C.)"
1882
Stereograph
5303
2/62
"View from Government
House, Victoria, (B. C.)"
1882
Stereograph
E1
2/63
"Willamett [sic] Falls,
Oregon City, Oregon."
circa
1882-circa 1882-1883
Stereograph
E2
2/64
"Portland, Oregon, in
1868."
1867
Though the date in the caption is listed as 1868, the
negative for this image dates from Watkins' 1867 visit to Portland.
Stereograph
E3
2/65-2/66
"Multnomah Falls, 700
ft., Col. River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/66: "Multnomah Falls, 700 feet, Cascades,
Oregon."
Stereographs
E4-E5
2/67-2/68
"Multnomah Falls, 700
feet, Cascades, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereographs
E6-E7
2/69-2/70
"Oneonta Gorge, Cascades,
Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E8
2/71
"Oneonta Falls, Cascades,
Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E9
2/72-2/73
"Oneonta Bluffs, Columbia
River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/73: "Oneonta Bluffs, Cascades, Oregon."
Stereograph
E10
2/74
"Castle Rock, Columbia
River, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E11
2/75
"Castle Rock, from
Bonneville, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E12
2/76
"Eagle Creek Crossing,
Cascades, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E13
2/77
"Salmon wheel, Columbia
River Scenery, O'gn."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E14
2/78-2/79
"Salmon Wheel Boat,
Columbia River, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/79: "Floating Salmon wheel Columbia River Scenery,
O'gn."
Stereograph
E15
2/80
"'The Rapids,' Upper
Cascades, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E16
2/81
"Mitchell's Point,
Columbia River, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E17
2/82-2/83
"Hood River Crossing,
Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/83: "Hood River Crossing, Oregon."
Stereograph
E18
2/84
"Rock Bluffs west from
Tunnel No. 3, Col. River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E19
2/85-2/86
"West Portal, Tunnel No.
3, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/86: "Tunnel No. 3, West Portal, Columbia River
Scenery, Oregon."
Stereograph
E20
2/87
"East Portal, Tunnel No.
3, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E21
2/88-2/89
"Interior Tunnel No. 3,
Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/89: "Interior Tunnel No. 3, Columbia River Scenery,
O'gn."
Stereograph
E22
2/90-2/91
"Rock Bluff, from over
Tunnel No. 3, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/91: "Rock Bluff from over Tunnel No. 3, Col. River
Scenery, Oregon."
Stereograph
E23
2/92
"Mt. Adams, from above
Dalles City, Oregon. Columbia River Scenery."
circa
1882-1883
Stereographs
E24-E25
2/93-2/95
"Mt. Hood from the
Dalles, Columbia River, Or."
circa
1882-1883
Includes duplicate stereographs on different mounts.
Alternate caption on stereograph in 2/95: "Mt. Hood from the Dalles, Col. River
Scenery, Oregon."
Stereograph
E26
2/96
"Mt. Hood and the Passage
of the Dalles, Col. River, Or."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E27
2/97
"The Passage of the
Dalles, Col. River, Or."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E28
2/98-2/99
"Chinese Camp at the Head
of the Dalles, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/99: "Chinese Camp at the head of the Dalles, Col.
Riv. Scenery, Ogn."
Stereograph
E29
2/100
"Rooster Rock, Columbia
River, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E30
2/101-2/102
"'The Needles,' View
East, Cascades, Col. River, Or."
circa
1884-1885
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/102: "The Needles, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
Stereograph
E31
2/103
"'The Needles,' Cascades,
Columbia River, Oregon."
circa
1884-1885
Stereograph
E32
2/104
"'The Needles,' View
West, Columbia River, Oregon."
circa
1884-1885
Stereograph
E33
2/105
"Bridal Veil Bluffs,
Cascades, Columbia River, Oregon."
circa
1884-1885
Stereograph
E34
2/106
"Bridal Veil Falls,
Columbia River, Oregon."
circa
1884-1885
Stereograph
E35
2/107
"Clearing the Track,
Winter of 1884-5, Oregon. Columbia River Scenery."
circa
1884-1885
Stereographs
E37-E39
2/108-2/110
"Multnomah Falls in
Winter, Cascades, Oregon."
circa
1884-1885
Stereograph
E40
2/111
"Multnomah Fall in
Winter, Columbia River Scenery, O."
circa
1884-1885
Stereograph
E41
2/112
"Bridge at Oneonta Fall
in Winter, Cascades, Oregon."
circa
1884-1885
Stereograph
E42
2/113
"Oneonta Falls in Winter,
Columbia River Scenery, O."
circa
1884-1885
Stereograph
E43
2/114
"Castle Rock, Columbia
River, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E44
2/115
"Castle Rock, Columbia
River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E45
2/116
"Bonneville Station,
Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-18834
Stereograph
E46
2/117
"Bridge Building at
Bonneville Station, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E47
2/118
"Distant View of Tooth
Bridge, Col. River Scenery, Or."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E48
2/119
"Tooth Bridge, Columbia
River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereographs
E50-E51
2/120-2/121
"Distant View of Castle
Rock, looking west, Oregon. Columbia River Scenery."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E52
2/122
"Upper Cascades, Columbia
River Scenery, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Stereograph
E53
2/123-2/124
"Lower End of the Cascade
Locks, Oregon."
circa
1882-1883
Duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate
caption on stereograph in 2/124: "Lower End of the Locks, Upper Cascades,
Oregon."
Subseries 3
Watkins' Pacific Railroad stereographs
circa 1862-1869
10 items.
Photographs originally taken by Alfred A. Hart (1816-1908),
official photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad, between 1862-1869
during the Central Pacific Railroad's race to complete the first
transcontinental railroad with the Union Pacific Railroad. Watkins acquired
Hart's negatives in 1869 and published them under the imprint, "Watkins'
Pacific Railroad."
Stereograph
42
2/125
"Long Ravine Bridge from
below, 120 feet high"
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
48
2/126
"Secret Town, Trestle
from the West, Length 1,100 feet"
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
49
2/127
"Secret Town, Trestle
from the East, Height 90 feet"
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
109
2/128
"Summit Valley, Attitude
6,960 feet. Emigrant Mt. and R. R. Pass in distance"
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
114
2/129
"Scene at Lake Angela,
Altitude 7,300 feet"
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
129
2/130
"Donner Lake, with
Crested Peak and Mt. Lincoln in distance"
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
163
2/131
"Frame for Snow Covering,
interior view."
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
258
2/132
"Castle Peak from
Railroad, above Donner Lake"
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
295
2/133
"Scene on Bank of Truckee
River, Lower Cañon of Truckee"
circa
1862-1869
Stereograph
341
2/134
"View across River and
Canyon, from top of Palisades"
circa
1862-1869
Series B
Card photographs
1861-1885
43 items.
This series is arranged into the following subseries: Cartes de
visite; Cabinet cards; and Boudoir cards.
Subseries 1
Cartes de visite
1861-circa 1865
2 items.
There are no Watkins numbers on these cartes de visite.
3/1
Clark at the Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove,
Calif.
1861
No caption written or printed on carte de visite.
3/1
"Mt. Shasta"
circa 1861-1865
Not positively identified as having been taken by
Carleton E. Watkins. Title written on verso of photograph in unknown hand.
Subseries 2
Cabinet cards
circa 1871-1875
12 items.
There are no Watkins numbers on these cabinet cards.
3/2
Locations -- "Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
Warren Leland, Lessee."
undated
Photograph of artwork.
3/3
Portraits -- [ ] Beekman
circa 1871-1875
Portrait of either Caroline Beekman (1865-1959) or Lydia
Beekman (b. 1867).
3/4
Portraits -- Benjamin B. Beekman (b.
1863)
circa 1871-1875
3/5
Portraits -- Cornelius C. Beekman
(1828-1915)
circa 1871-1875
3/6
Portraits -- Julia E. Hoffman
Beekman
circa 1871-1875
3/7
Portraits -- Cyrus West Field
(1819-1892),
circa 1873
3/8
Portraits -- Simeon Gannett Reed
(1830-1895)
circa 1871-1875
Subseries 3
Boudoir cards
1867-1885
29 items.
3/9
Boudoir
B139
"The Passage of the Dalles, Columbia River,
Oregon."
1867
See also the stereograph in 1/230.
3/9
Boudoir
B5222
"Panorama of Seattle, (W. T), and Suburbs, from
Denny's Hill, (no. 3)."
1882
3/9
Boudoir B5252
"Port Gamble, Puget Sound, W. T."
1882
3/10
Boudoir
D53
"Rock Bluff, Columbia River Scenery.
Oregon."
circa 1882-1883
3/10
Boudoir
D62
"Mount Hood from the Dalles, Columbia River
Scenery. O."
circa 1882-1883
Photograph is inscribed incorrectly with the date
"1867."
3/10
Boudoir
D71
"Panorama of Portland, Oregon. (No.
1.)
circa 1882-1883
3/10
Boudoir D89
"Rooster Rock, Columbia River,
Oregon."
circa 1882-1883
3/10
Boudoir
D96
"Castle Rock, Columbia River Scenery,
Oregon."
circa 1882-1883
3/11
Boudoir
D99
"A Winter Morning After a Storm. Columbia River
Scenery, Oregon."
circa 1884-1885
3/11
Boudoirs
D101, D104, D105, and D109
"Clearing the Track--Winter of 1884-5--Columbia
River, Or."
circa 1884-1885
Includes duplicate boudoir cards of D109 on different
mounts.
3/12
Boudoir
D112
"Oneonta Bluffs--Winter of 1884-5--Columbia
River, Or."
circa 1884-1885
3/12
Boudoir D118
"Relief Train Passing the Needles--Winter of
1884-5--Columbia River, Or."
circa 1884-1885
3/12
Boudoir
D121
Bridal Veil Bluffs--Winter of 1884-5--Columbia
River, Or."
circa 1884-1885
3/12
Boudoir
D129
"Upper Multnomah Falls after the Chinook--Winter
of 1884-5--Columbia River, Or.
circa 1884-1885
Two different printings of the same boudoir card.
3/13
Boudoir
D133
"Latourelle Fall near Rooster Rock. Columbia
River scenery, O."
circa 1882-1883
3/13
Boudoir D143
"The Needles. Columbia River scenery,
O."
circa 1882-1883
3/13
Boudoir
D145
"Warrendale Salmon Fishery, Columbia River
Scenery, W. T."
circa 1882-1883
3/13
Boudoir D156
"Mouth of Eagle Creek and Head of Bradford's
Island. Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
circa 1882-1883
3/13
Boudoirs D159
and D161
"Clearing the channel, Cascades, Columbia River,
Oregon."
1883
Includes duplicate boudoir cards of D159 on different
mounts.
3/14
Boudoirs
D163, D164, and D166
"The Rapids, Upper Cascades, Columbia River
Scenery, Oregon."
1883
3/14
Boudoir
D172
"Islands in the Columbia, Upper Cascades, W.
T."
circa 1882-1883
Series C
Mammoth plates
1863-circa 1883
100 items.
Arranged into the following subseries: Portland, Willamette
River, and Columbia River; California coast; Round Top, Mount Lola, and Mount
Shasta; and Yosemite.
NOTE: All of the Carleton E. Watkins
mammoth plates are located offsite. Prior arrangement must be made with the
Library Director of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library to view
these images. Consult a Reference Librarian for more information.
Subseries 1
Portland, Willamette River, and Columbia
River
1867 and circa 1882-1883
83 items.
Arranged numerically by Watkins number.
All but one of the mammoth plates in this subseries were
taken by Carleton E. Watkins during his 1867 voyage to Portland, the Willamette
River, and the Columbia River and are now known as his "Old Series." The last
mammoth plate in this subseries was taken by Watkins on his 1883 trip
tore-photograph the Columbia River. Many of the captions on these mammoth
plates are hand-written. Most of the mammoth plates are stored loose in mats;
other duplicate and unmatted mammoths are stored in oversize folders.
GSF
No. 400
Portland, Or. panorama, right panel
1867
Two additional duplicate plates on different mounts
located in OS Folder 2 (offsite). One duplicate has the alternate title: "Mount
Hood."
GSF
No. 400
Portland, Or. panorama, right panel
Two additional duplicate plates on different mounts
located in OS Folder 2 (offsite). One duplicate has the alternate title: "Mount
Hood."
GSF
No. 401
"City of Portland." Portland, Or. panorama,
middle panel
1867
Three additional duplicate plates on different mounts
(some damaged) located in OS Folder 2 (offsite).
GSF
Mammoth 402
"City of Portland, Oregon." Portland, Or.
panorama, left panel
1867
Three additional duplicate plates on different mounts
located in OS Folder 2 (offsite). One duplicate has alternate title: "Mount St.
Helen."
GSF
Mammoths 404-406
"Oswego Iron Works. Oregon."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 407
"Panorama Oswego Iron Works.
Oregon."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 408
Oswego Iron Works, Oregon
1867
No caption written or printed on mammoth plate.
GSF
Mammoth 409
"Canemah and the Willamette Falls, Oregon. From
former site of Linn City."
1867
One additional version of this plate with Taber's
imprint is located in OS Folder 3, with the alternate title, "The Willamette
Falls, Oregon."
GSF
Mammoth 410
"Panorama Oregon City, from former site of Linn
City." Part 1 of 3 panoramic images
1867
GSF
Mammoth 411
"Oregon City, Upper Basin, Just Below Canemah."
Part 2 of 3 panoramic images
1867
GSF
Mammoth 412
"Panorama Oregon City & Falls from West
Shore. From former site of Linn City." Part 3 of 3 panoramic images
1867
GSF
Mammoth 413
"Canemah and the Willamette Falls - Oregon City
- Oregon. From West Shore."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 414
"The Willamette Falls. Oregon City,
Oregon."
1867
One additional duplicate plate with damaged mount
located in OS Folder 3 (offsite).
GSF
Mammoth 415
"Flour and Woolen Mills, Oregon City from Upper
Basin."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 416
"Oregon City. Oregon."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 417
"Mt. Hood from near Vancouver, Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 418
"Rooster Rock. Columbia River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 419
"Cape Horn. Columbia River."
1867
One additional version of this plate is located in OS
Folder 3 (offsite), with the alternate title, "Cape Horn Below the
Cascades."
GSF
Mammoth 421
"Cape Horn. Columbia River."
1867
One additional version of this plate is located in OS
Folder 4 (offsite), with the alternate title, "Cape Horn On Columbia
River."
GSF
Mammoth 422
"Multnomah Falls. Columbia River."
1867
One additional version of this plate on a damaged mount
is located in OS Folder 4 (offsite).
GSF
Mammoth 423
"Multnomah Falls. Columbia River."
1867
One additional version of this plate is located in OS
Folder 4 (offsite).
GSF
Mammoth 424
"Lower Multnomah Falls. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 425
"Castle Rock. Columbia River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 426
"Distant View of Castle Rock. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 427
"The Lower Landing. Steamer Cascade. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 428
"O.S.N. Co's Works. Lower Cascades, Columbia
River."
1867
One additional version of this plate is located in OS
Folder 4, with alternate title, "Cascades Portage Railroad."
GSF
Mammoth 429
S. G. Reed locomotive
1867
No title written or printed on plate.
GSF
Mammoth 430
"Rapids Indian Blockhouse,
Cascades."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 431
"Middle Landing. Oregon R.R.
Cascades."
1867
One additional version of this plate is located in OS
Folder 5 (offsite), with alternate title, "The Middle Landing, O.R.R. Columbia
River."
GSF
Mammoth 432
"Middle Block House. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 433
"View from the Middle Block House,
Cascades."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 434
"Ruins of the High Bridge, Middle Block House,
Cascades."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 435
"The Upper Cascades. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 436
"The Upper Cascades from The Block House.
Columbia River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 437
"The Upper Cascades. Columbia
River."
1867
Two additional versions of this plate located in OS
Folder 5 (offsite). One is inscribed with Watkins' signature and has the
alternate title, "Upper Blockhouse, Cascades." The other is an alternate
printing from the same negative.
GSF
Mammoth 438
"The Oneonta at the Upper Cascades. Col.
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 439
"Islands in the Columbia. Upper
Cascades."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 441
"Islands in the Columbia. Upper
Cascades."
1867
GSF: OS Folder 1
Mammoth 442
"Upper Cascades from the Oregon
Side."
1867
Not matted.
GSF: OS Folder 1
Mammoth 443
"View from the Middle Landing. O. R. R.
Cascades."
1867
Not matted.
GSF: OS Folder 1
Mammoth 444
"The Columbia River from near the Head of
Bradfords Island."
1867
Not matted. One additional version of this plate is
located in OS Folder 6 (offsite), with alternate title, "View down the
Columbia. Head of Bradfords Island. Cascades."
GSF
Mammoth 445
"View from Eagle Creek. O. R. R.
Cascades."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 446
Tooth Bridge
1867
No title written or printed on matted plate. One
additional version of this plate located in OS Folder 6 (offsite) on a cropped
mount, with alternate title, "Columbia River near the Cascades."
GSF
Mammoth 447
"O.S.N. Co's Works. Dalles City."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 448
"Dalles City from Rockland. W. T. Columbia
River."
One additional version of this plate located in OS
Folder 6 (offsite), with alternate title, "Mt. Hood and Dalles City from
Rockland. Columbia River."
GSF
Mammoth 449
Dalles City from the east
1867
No title written or printed on the plate.
GSF
Mammoth 450
"Dalles City from Sun Set Hill. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 451
Mt. Hood from Sunset Hill. Dalles City. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 452
"Mt. Adams from Sunset Hill. Dalles
City."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 453
"Mt. Hood from 5 Mile Creek. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 454
"The Passage of the Dalles. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 455
"Mt. Hood and the Dalles. Columbia
River."
1867
One additional version of this plate is located in OS
Folder 7 (offsite) with cropped mount.
GSF
Mammoths 456-457
"Cape Horn near Celilo. Columbia
River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 458
"Tum Water. Columbia River."
1867
GSF
Mammoth 459
"Celilo. Columbia River."
1867
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Multnomah Falls"
circa 1882-1883
Mistitled. The photograph was taken in Oneonta
Gorge.
Subseries 2
California coast
1863-1869
4 items.
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Coast View off Mendocino"
1863
Inscribed with signature of Carleton E. Watkins.
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Coast View off Mendocino"
1863
Inscribed with signature of Carleton E. Watkins.
GSF
Unnumbered plate
Sugar Loaf Islands, Farallons
1869
GSF
Unnumbered plate
Sugar Loaf Islands, Farallons
1869
Subseries 3
Round Top, Mount Lola, and Mount Shasta
1879
10 items.
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Mt. Lola. Looking N. W. Showing effect of wind
on trees."
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Mt. Lola. Looking towards Round
Top."
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Mt. Lola. Looking towards Round Top, (R. T. not
visible)."
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Round Top from Lake Winnemucca, looking S.W.
1370 ft.""
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Round Top from a point just below
[summit]."
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Round Top from a point W.S.W. of Summit looking
W."
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Round Top from Western part of
Ridge."
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Round Top. Looking along S. side of
Ridge."
GSF
Unnumbered plate
"Round Top. Looking S.W."
GSF
Unnumbered plate
Mount Shasta
Subseries 4
Yosemite
circa 1878-1881
3 items.
GSF
Unnumbered plate
Yosemite Falls
GSF
Unnumbered plate
The Three Brothers
GSF
Unnumbered plate
Sentinel Falls
Series D
Photograph albums
1882-1885
104 items in 2 volumes.
Subseries 1
Box 4
"Sun Sketches of Columbia River Scenery"
circa 1882-1883
45 photographs in album and 29 loose duplicate plates.
Arranged numerically by Watkins number. Note that some of
the photos appear out of numerical sequence within the album.
This album was originally owned in 1884 by Charles H.
Prescott (b. 1839), manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. from
1881-1887, and is inscribed with his signature and the date. It also bears an
inscription from John Neilson Barry (b. 1870), an Episcopal clergyman and
historian from Portland, Or., to Julius L. Meier (1874-1937), governor of
Oregon from 1931-1935. The album contains photographs taken during Watkins'
trips to Portland and the Columbia River in 1882-1883, as well as two cropped
reprints (noted below) of mammoth plates that he took during his original 1867
trip to the area. The images in this album were published separately as
"Watkins' New Series Columbia River Scenery." There are loose duplicate plates
of twenty-nine of these images that are housed in Boxes 5 and 7 (folder numbers
noted below).
O. 1
"Mt. Hood from near
Vancouver."
1867
Loose duplicate plate in 5/1. Cropped version of Mammoth
plate 417.
O. 2
"Cape Horn. View Looking
Up the River."
1867
Loose duplicate plate in 5/1. Cropped version of Mammoth
plate 419.
O. 3
"Cape Horn. View Looking
Down the River."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/1.
O. 4
"Castle Rock, Columbia
River, Oregon."
circa 1882-1883
O. 5
"Cascades. Columbia
River, Oregon."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/1.
O. 6
"Cascades, with Indian
Block House."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 7/1.
O. 7
"Cascades Canal,
Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
O. 8
"Cascade Range and Tooth
Bridge, Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
O. 9
"Tooth Bridge and Eagle
Creek Crossing, Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/2.
O. 10
"Eagle Creek Crossing and
Head of Bradford's Island."
circa 1882-1883
O. 11
"Eagle Creek Crossing,
Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/2.
O. 12
"Eagle Creek from
Railroad Crossing, Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 7/1.
O. 13
"Floating Salmon Wheel,
Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/3.
O. 14
"Salmon Wheel,
Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
O. 15
"Oneonta Gorge,
Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/3.
O. 16
"Oneonta Gorge,
Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
O. 17
"Railroad Crossing from
the Mouth of the Oneonta Gorge, Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/3.
O. 18
"Oneonta Gorge from the
Railroad Crossing, Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/3.
O. 19
"View up the Oneonta
Gorge, Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/3.
O. 20
"View out the Oneonta
Gorge, Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
O. 21
"Multnomah Falls,
Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/4.
O. 22
"Oneonta Falls,
Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/4. Misidentified as Oneonta
Falls; actually depicts Horsetail Falls.
O. 23
"Beaver Lake, Columbia
River, Oregon."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/4.
O. 24
"Mitchell's Point, View
Looking Up the River."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/4.
O. 25
"The Foot of Mitchell's
Point, View Looking Down the River."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/5.
O. 26
"Hood River and Mt. Hood.
View from near Hood River Station."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/5.
O. 27
"Hood River
Crossing."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/5.
O. 30
"Indian
Summer."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/6.
O. 31
"West Portal of Tunnel
No. 3."
circa 1882-1883
O. 32
"Rock Bluff from Tunnel
No. 3, View Looking West."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/6.
O. 33
"View of Rock Bluff from
over Tunnel No. 3, Looking East."
circa 1882-1883
O. 34
"View up the Columbia
from Tunnel No. 3."
circa 1882-1883
O. 35
"Rock Bluff, Looking
East."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/6.
O. 36
"Rock Bluff and Tunnel
No. 3, Looking West."
circa 1882-1883
O. 37
"Rock Bluff and Tunnel
No. 3 from the River Bank."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/7.
O. 38
"An October Day on the
Columbia. View from Rock Bluff."
circa 1882-1883
O. 39
"Mt. Hood from the Head
of the Dalles."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/7.
O. 40
"Mt. Hood from the Head
of the Dalles."
circa 1882-1883
O. 41
"Mt. Hood and the Head of
the Dalles."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 7/1.
O. 42
"The Passage of the
Dalles."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 7/1.
O. 43
"Indian Village, from the
Passage of the Dalles."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 7/1.
O. 44
"The Head of the
Dalles."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 7/1.
O. 45
"The Summit of Mt. Hood
from the Hood River Ascent."
circa 1882-1883
Loose duplicate plate in 5/7.
Subseries 2
"Great Storm of the Winter of 1884-5. Columbia
River, Or."
1884-1885
30 photographs in 1 volume and 1
folder.
Arranged numerically by Watkins number.
This album was originally owned in 1886 by Charles H.
Prescott (b. 1839), manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. from
1881-1887, and is inscribed with his signature and the date. Five of the
photographic plates have been removed from this album and matted; these loose
plates are stored apart from the album in Box 7 (noted below).
Box 6
D. 101-D. 107
"Clearing the Track of
the O. R. & N. R. R. from Rooster Rock to Oneonta Falls."
7/2
D. 108
"Clearing the Track of
the O. R. & N. R. R. from Rooster Rock to Oneonta Falls."
Matted plate.
Box 6
D. 109-D. 111
Clearing the Track of the
O. R. & N. R. R. from Rooster Rock to Oneonta Falls."
7/2
D. 112
"Clearing the Track of
the O. R. & N. R. R. from Rooster Rock to Oneonta Falls."
Matted plate.
Box 6
D. 113
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Relief Train at Bridal Veil."
Box 6
D. 114
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. The Needles. View West."
Box 6
D. 115
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Cape Horn, from Bridal Veil."
Box 6
D. 117
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Bridal Veil Bluff, looking West."
7/2
D. 118
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Relief Train Passing the Needles."
Matted plate.
Box 6
D. 119-D. 120
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. The Needles."
Box 6
D. 121
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Bridal Veil Bluffs."
7/2
D. 122
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Crystal veil of the Cascades."
Matted plate.
Box 6
D. 123
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Crystal Veil of the Cascades."
Box 6
D. 124-D. 125
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Multnomah Falls."
Box 6
D. 126-D. 127
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Lower Multnomah Fall."
7/2
D. 128
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Upper Multnomah Fall."
Matted plate.
Box 6
D. 129
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Upper Multnomah Fall, after the Chinook."
Box 6
D. 130
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Oneonta Fall."
Box 6
D. 131
"From Rooster Rock to
Oneonta Falls. Bridge at the Oneonta Fall."
Series E
Other loose prints
circa 1882-1885
9
items.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
This series contains loose prints that are not mammoth plates
and that were not assembled into albums. Includes one panoramic photograph.
5/8
"Castle Rock."
circa 1882-1883
5/8
"Castle Rock from Lower
Cascades Landing."
circa 1882-1883
5/8
"Distant View of the Locks,
Upper Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
5/9
"Islands in the Columbia
River, Upper Cascades."
circa 1882-1883
5/9
"Rooster Rock."
circa 1882-1883
5/9
"View down the River from
Lower Cascades Landing."
circa 1882-1883
5/10
"Winter View from Bridal
Veil."
circa 1884-1885
5/10
"Winter View of Cape Horn
from Bridal Veil."
circa 1884-1885
5/10
"Winter View of the
Needles."
circa 1884-1885
3/15
Panorama in three parts of
Portland, Or.
circa 1882-1883