Collections in Calisphere
All of the items in Calisphere are organized into collections. Collections bring context to images, documents, videos, and audio recordings. Some collections represent a particular topic or format, some have items created by the same person, and some showcase an institution’s special project or initiative. Use the tabs below to explore the hundreds of collections in Calisphere.
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Waterhouse (Clark B.) Photograph Collection
The Clark B. Waterhouse Photograph Collection is comprised of 305 black and white photographs that were originally organized in a scrapbook. It is assumed that Waterhouse was the photographer of the collection, as the bulk of the photos are from a six-week trip he took with classmates and professors from the University of California (Berkeley) during the summer of 1916.
Institution: Sourisseau Academy for State and Local History
305 Items
Waters (R. J. and Co.) Views of Donner Lake, California, ca. 1915
The Views of Donner Lake, California album contains 16 photographic prints consisting of views of Donner Lake from various perspectives taken circa 1915. The album was created by R.J. Waters & Co., Photographers, for the Donner Lake Co. and many of the views are of an allotment entitled "Sub-Division No. 1." The album was commercially produced, apparently promoting "Donner Lake Sub-Division No. 1" for the Donner Lake Company. The album includes views of a horse-drawn carriage mounted on skates on the frozen lake, rudimentary roads (including Lincoln Highway), the beach in front of Sub-Division No. 1, a panorama of the …
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
16 Items
Watkins (Carleton E.) Arizona photographs
Included are views of yucca and cactus plants, desert landscapes, mines, Mission San Xavier, and the towns of Tucson, Tombstone, and Pantano, among others....
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
40 Items
Watkins (Carleton E.), Franciscan Missions of California by
The Franciscan Missions of California album contains 35 albumen prints taken by Carleton E. Watkins circa 1876-1882. Watkins probably began photographing the missions while returning from a trip to Southern California in 1876, during which he also photographed scenes along the newly constructed Southern Pacific Railroad line. The album is believed to be the earliest general photographic collection produced of the California Missions, and includes photographs of most of the missions found in the state....
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
35 Items
Watkins (Carleton E.) Hearst Mining Collection of Views, 1871-1876
The collection consists of 139 landscape views, 15 «" x 21", and nine 39" x 58" enlargements. Two of the latter are enlargements of smaller 15 «" x 21" photographs. The two remaining photographs in the collection are of the drawing, Celebration of Admission Day, October 29, 1850 and a painting of Sutter's Mill in 1867 by Charles Christian Nahl, the famous painter of California pioneer life. These two views were probably popular sales items in Watkins' studio. The 39" x 58" enlargements are of miscellaneous views in California. The 15 «" x 21" views are of three definite geographical …
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
138 Items
Watkins (Carleton E.) Mammoth Plate Landscape Photographs from the George Davidson Collection
Large format photographs of Western landscapes by C.E. Watkins and W.H. Jackson, collected by George Davidson. Watkins views include Mt. Lassen, Mt. Shasta (1870?), and Mt. Lola (1879), and various Yosemite views (1861-1869.) Jackson views are of Yellowstone National Park and landscapes in the Wyoming and Montana Territories (1872?).
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
76 Items
Watkins (Carleton E.) Mammoth Plate Photographs of Yosemite Valley
Yosemite views, with one image of the Columbia River, Oregon.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
13 Items
Watkins (Carleton E.) Mammoth Plate Views in California and Oregon
Chiefly views of Yosemite and Mendocino County, Calif., and some Oregon views.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
8 Items
Watkins (Carleton E.), Mendocino Coast, 1863
This collection features images taken in 1863 of lumbering activities along the Mendocino County Coast, north of San Francisco.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
53 Items
Watkins (Carleton E.) Miscellaneous Mammoth Plate Photographs
A miscellaneous grouping of mammoth plate photographic prints by or attributed to Carleton E. Watkins. Chiefly California landscape views.
Institution: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
16 Items
