Views of Southern California and Arizona
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Description
- Title
- Views of Southern California and Arizona
- Creator
- Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
- Published / Created
- ca. 1870-1882.
- Abstract
-
Sixteen albumen prints depicting a variety of locations and people in Southern California and Arizona. There are views of six missions, one of them identified as San Miguel, and three others probably the California missions San Buenaventura, San Luis Rey, and Santa Inés. Three views are of the Southern Pacific Railroad, including the Tehachapi Loop and the San Fernando tunnel; three more views are of buildings and a river landscape in Yuma, Arizona. Also depicted are Chinese women in San Francisco; a vineyard and winery in Pasadena; Indian huts at Sunny Slope, San Gabriel, California; and a Mexican family in Santa Barbara, California
- Description
-
Carleton E. Watkins, western photographer.
Copy prints available.
Manuscript captions on verso of four photographs. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Smith Gallery Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1997.
- Extent
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15 photographic prints : 12 x 23 cm. and smaller
1 photographic print : 12.1 cm. x 20.6 cm. on mount 16.8 cm. x 23.9 cm. - Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 220
- Related Resource Online
- View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Albumen prints
Photographic prints - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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California
Tehachapi Pass
Yuma (Ariz.)
San Francisco
Pasadena (Calif.)
San Gabriel (Calif.) - Subject (Name)
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Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.)
San Buenaventura Mission
San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.)
Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.)
Southern Pacific Railroad Company - Subject (Topic)
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Missions
Railroads
Chinese Americans
Viticulture - Subjects
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Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.) > Pictorial works
San Buenaventura Mission > Pictorial works
San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.) > Pictorial works
Southern Pacific Railroad Company > Pictorial works
Missions > California > Pictorial works
Railroads > California > Tehachapi Pass > Pictorial works
Yuma (Ariz.) > Pictorial works
Chinese Americans > California > San Francisco > Pictorial works
Pasadena (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Viticulture > California > Pictorial works
San Gabriel (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Carleton E. Watkins, Views of Southern California and Arizona. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 4140513
- Object ID (OID)
- 2013664