Mammoth-plate photographs of California, including views in Yosemite of Half Dome, North Dome, the Royal Arches, Washington Column, Cathedral Rock, the Cathedral Spires, Mount Broderick, Mount Starr King, Nevada Fall, the Bridal Veil, the Yosemite Fal...
Description:
Carleton E. Watkins was a San Francisco photographer who worked both with official surveys and independently to photograph California, Nevada and Utah. In 1867 he served with Clarence King as the official photographer to the California Geological Sur...
Subject (Geographic):
California, Yosemite Valley (Calif.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Mammoth-plate photographs of Gold Hill and Virginia City in the Comstock region of Nevada, showing the Consolidated Virginia Battery Mill and Hoisting Works in Virginia City, the Ophir hoisting works, and a view of town of Gold Hill from the Wheeler m...
Description:
Manuscript captions and numbers on verso.
Subject (Geographic):
Nevada, Gold Hill (Nev.), and Virginia City (Nev.)
Scrapbook containing photographs and articles concerning mines owned or operated by James Whitlatch in various regions of Montana and New Mexico. Views include the Whitlatch Union Mine and the Park Gold Mines, worker housing, views of Helena, Montana...
Description:
51 photographs are 25.4 x 19.4 cm. or smaller and 34 cartes-de-visite are 5.6 x 8.6 cm. or smaller. Most of the photographs are accompanied by manuscript or letterpress captions. Included with the photographs are newspaper clippings, magazine articl...
Subject (Geographic):
Montana and Salt Lake City (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Whitlatch, James W., Whitlatch Union Mine (Mont.), Montana Society of New York., and Park Gold Mines (Mont.)
