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Carleton Watkins Collection of Photographs

Owning Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

About this Collection

This collection includes mid-to-late 19th-century photographs of the California missions and surrounding landscapes. These were photographed by Carleton Watkins (1829-1916), an early photographer of the American West noted for his mammoth-plate and stereoview photography of the Yosemite Valley and other California landscapes. View this collection on the contributor's website.
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36 items found in this collection

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Mission, San Antonio de Padua. No. 1230. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Antonio de Padua. No. 1231. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Buenaventura. No. 1217. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Buenaventura. No. 1218. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Buenaventura. No. 1219. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Carlos Del Carmelo. No. 1232. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Carlos Del Carmelo. No. 1233. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Diego. No. 1201. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Diego. No. 1202. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Diego. No. 1203. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Fernando Rey. No. 1214. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Fernando Rey. No. 1215. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Fernando Rey. No. 1216. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Francisco de Asis. No. 1236. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Gabriel. No. 1212. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Gabriel. No. 1213. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Jose. No. 1237. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Juan Bautista. No.1234. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Juan Capistrano. No. 1209. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Juan Capistrano. No. 1210. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Juan Capistrano. No. 1211. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Louis Rey de Francia. No.1205. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Louis Rey de Francia. No.1206. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
Mission, San Louis Rey de Francia. No.1207. WATKINS' New Series. [negative copy]
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