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Donner Lake. C. P. R. R by Carleton E. Watkins — VisualArtsDB

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Donner Lake. C. P. R. R

Donner Lake. C. P. R. R

Donner Lake. C. P. R. R

Carleton E. Watkins

1876–1880

Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 12.5 x 12.5 cm (4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in.), circular Album page: 24 x 25.1 cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Genre: Photographs
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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