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Untitled (Miners and Log Cabin) by Carleton Watkins — VisualArtsDB

Untitled (Miners and Log Cabin)

Untitled (Miners and Log Cabin)

Carleton Watkins

1856

Medium: Ambrotype
Dimensions: 11 × 14 cm (4 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Genre: photography
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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photographic materials19th centurygold rushphotographyambrotypecaliforniaphotographphotographic processlundberg collectiongold mining

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Yenaya Canyon from Glacier Point, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

Yenaya Canyon from Glacier Point, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

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Mount Starr King, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1116 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

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Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., Nevada County, No. 1820 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., Nevada County, No. 1820 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

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The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

The Bridge, Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

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First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

First View of Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

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First View of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

First View of the Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail

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The Nevada Fall, 700 ft., Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

The Nevada Fall, 700 ft., Yosemite, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

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The Yosemite Valley, form the Mariposa Trail, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

The Yosemite Valley, form the Mariposa Trail, from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

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Copy of Carleton Watkins' "Galen Clark Before the Grizzly Giant,"

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The Sentinel, 3270 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 65 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

The Sentinel, 3270 feet, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 65 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

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