The Yosemite Valley from “Best General View,” Mariposa Trail.

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The Yosemite Valley from “Best General View,” Mariposa Trail.

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Carleton Watkins

American Photographer · 1829–1916

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At twenty, Carleton Watkins headed out to California to make his fortune. After working as a daguerreotype operator in San Jose, he established his own practice and soon made his first visit to the Yosemite Valley. There he made thirty mammoth plate and one hundred stereograph views that were among the first photographs of Yosemite seen in the East. Partly on the strength of Watkins's photographs,

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1866
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Albumen silver print
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American
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A scenic view of a valley with a large rock face on the left and mountains in the distance. A tall conifer stands in the foreground against the panoramic view of cliffs and scattered clouds.

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