Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Frémont's Mariposa estate
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Description
- Title
- Glass stereographs of Col. John C. Frémont's Mariposa estate
- Creator
- Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
- Published / Created
- ca. 1860-1861.
- Abstract
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Glass stereographs of Frémont's Mariposa estate include exterior (and some interior) views of the Josephine, Mount Ophir, Oso, and Princeton mines; the Agua Fria, Bear Valley, Benton, and Oso mills; Guadelupe Valley, Mormon Bar, Stockton Creek, and Tower Rock; an Indian Camp in Bear Valley; and a railroad bridge at Hells Hollow. There are three stereographs depicting Jessie Frémont, another of the Frémont residence, and one seemingly unrelated view of Alcatraz
- Description
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The first major series of outdoor photographs by Carleton Watkins, western photographer. Col. John C. Frémont hired Watkins to produce a series of photographs depicting Frémont's Mariposa estate and its assets. Frémont's mining estate, Las Mariposas, was situated near Bear Valley, California and included the gold mines of Princeton, Josephine, Pine Tree, Mount Ophir, and Mariposa.
Negatives available
Glass stereographs and related material housed in 4 boxes.
Some stereographs captioned. - Extent
- 31 transparencies : 8.3 x 17.2 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Items displayed in folder order.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 208
- Related Resource Online
- View a selection of digital images in the Beinecke Library's Digital Images Online database
- Container / Volume
- Box 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Portraits
Stereographs - Material
- glass stereographs, b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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California
Mariposa County
Mariposa County (Calif.)
Mariposa Estate (Calif.) - Subject (Name)
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Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890. - Subject (Topic)
- Gold mines and mining
- Subjects
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Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902 > Pictorial works
Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902 > Portraits
Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890
Gold mines and mining > California > Mariposa County > Pictorial works
Mariposa County (Calif.) > Pictorial works
Mariposa Estate (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 Watkins, Glass Stereographs of Col. John C. Frémont's Mariposa Estate. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 4007537
- Object ID (OID)
- 2017777