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There are more than five million objects in the Harry Ransom Center's Photography Collection. Many records contain legacy descriptions. A review and update of our records is ongoing.
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Call Number: |
PH-00942 |
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Collection Name: |
American Scenery [portfolio] |
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Creator: |
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No. of Items: |
25 photographs in 1 portfolio |
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Span Dates: |
1866? |
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Description: |
Photographic portfolio, titled American Scenery, containing 25 albumen prints by Carleton Watkins (American, 1829-1916). The photographs are all landscape images that are predominantly of Yosemite (16) but also include views of the Columbia River in Oregon, Mount Shasta in northern California, hydraulic mining in Nevada, and Cape Horn. Plate titles follow. |
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Accession No(s): |
964:0008:0001-0025 |
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Location(s): |
Flat File (C.E. Watkins American Scenery Box 1 (empty folio case); 964:0008:0001-0008) Flat File (964:0008:0009-0025) f F 868 Y6 W384 HRC-P (former location) |
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See Also: |
Carleton E. Watkins Photography Collection Stereographs Photography Collection: Stereographs of the Pacific Coast by Watkins (S1645-S1659) are located in the Stereographs Photography Collection (PH-00267). |