Print shows a view of Fort Yuma from across the Colorado River; the Sourthern Pacific railway trestle (built 1877) crosses the river to the right, in the middle ground; the Fort is on the hill top, in center; mule-drawn wagons in foreground; steamboat, ferry, and warehouse in center; cloudy sky in upper half of image; double-line border frames image
Description:
BEIN Broadsides Zc72 877so: On sheet 21.8 x 31.7 cm, mounted on sheet 23.1 x 32.5 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Yuma (Calif.) and Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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., and Manuscript captions on verso of four photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Tehachapi Pass, Yuma (Ariz.), San Francisco, Pasadena (Calif.), and San Gabriel (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Mission San Miguel Arcangel (San Miguel, Calif.), San Buenaventura Mission, San Luis Rey Mission (Calif.), Santa Inés Mission (Solvang, Calif.), and Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Subject (Topic):
Missions, Railroads, Chinese Americans, and Viticulture
