Photographs of the Pacific coast

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by C. E. Watkins ...
Imprint
San Francisco : [s.n., n.d.]
Physical description
53 mounted photographs ; 71 x 62 cm.

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Creators/Contributors

Author/Creator
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916.
Contributor
Latham, Mollie, former owner.

Contents/Summary

Contents
  • Box 1: 01. The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill, San Francisco; 02. Alcatraz, from North Point; 03. San Francisco from Rincon Hill; 04. Lone Mountain, from the Orphan Asylum; 05. The Wreck of the Viscala; 06. Street View, Acienda, New Almaden; 07. The Cliff House, from the beach; 08. Seal Rocks, Cliff House; 09. Seal Rocks, from the Point; 10. Strait of Carquennes, from South Vallejo
  • Box 2: 11. City of Vallejo, from South Vallejo; 12. College buildings, Santa Clara; 13. Convent of Notre Dame, San Jose; 14. The Cliff House, San Francisco; 15. Smelting Works, New Almaden; 16. Hacienda, view east, New Almaden; 17. The Town on the Hill, New Almaden; 18. Malakoff Diggins, North Blomfield, Nevada Co., Cal. (Pipe in foreground); 19. Malakoff Diggins, North Blomfield, Nevada Co., Cal. (Waterfall, center); 20. Union Diggins, Columbia Hill, Nevada Co., Cal.
  • Box 3: 21. Magenta Flume, Nevada Co., Cal.; 22. Albion River, Mendocino Co., Cal.; 23. Kent's Landing, Mendocino Co., Cal.; 25. Mendocino River, from the Rancherie, Mendocino Co., Cal.; 26. Indian Sweat House, Mendocino Co., Cal.; 27. Coast View, Mendocino Co., Cal.; 28. Coast View, Mendocino Co., Cal. (Arch rock, center); 29. Devil's Canon, Geysers, Looking up; 30. Devil's Canon, Geysers, Looking down
  • Box 4: 31. Mount Shasta, from Shasta Valley; 32. Mount Shasta, from the North East; 33. Mount Shasta, from the North; 34. Downeville, Butte; 35. Sugar Loaf Islands and Fisherman’s Bay, Farallons; 36. View from Sugar Loaf Islands, Farallons (Building Center); 37. View from Sugar Loaf Islands, Farallons; 38. Seal Point, from the West End, Farallons; 39. View from the West end, Farallons; 40. Sugar Loaf Islands, Farallons; 41. Sugar Loaf Islands and Seal Rocks, Farallons
  • Box 5: 42. Untitled (Interior, possibly of Latham Mansion, Bay windows, center); 43. Untitled (Interior, possibly Latham Mansion library, table with Napoleon bronze in foreground, wall map case left center); 44. Untitled (Interior, possibly Latham Mansion library, single window, marble busts either side); 45. Untitled (Interior, possibly Latham Mansion library, fireplace center); 46. Untitled (Interior, possibly Latham Mansion library, fireplace left, table center); 47. Untitled (Interior, possibly Latham Mansion library, detail of statue, single figure); 48. Untitled (Interior, possibly Latham Mansion library, detail of statue, two figures); 49. Arch at the West End, Farallons; 50. Morraines, Mt. Shasta; 51. P. Flexilis, Mt. Shasta; 52. Williamsonii, Mt. Shasta; 53. Untitled (Exterior, possibly of Latham Mansion).
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Bibliographic information

Note
Title in red and black.
Mammoth plate prints.
Note
Special Collections & University Archives copy 1: Originally bound together in an album. Binding by Bartling & Kimball removed for preservation purposes in 2011; see catalog record 9142572 (related record's ckey)

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