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Watkins, Carleton Emmons

Watkins, Carleton Emmons[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1829 - 1916  (86 years)

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  • Name Watkins, Carleton Emmons 
    Birth 11 Nov 1829  Oneonta, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Business Address/Year 1851-1857?  San Jose, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) Sep-Oct 1882  Victoria, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Business Address/Year 1857?-1906  San Francisco, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 23 Jun 1916  Napa, CA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I780  Camera Workers | W, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 29 May 2023 

  • Photos
    Carlton Watkins stereograph of Government House, Victoria, 1882.    		Carlton Watkins stereograph of Government House, Victoria, 1882.
    Watkins no. 5301. Courtesy of California State Library via The Photographs of Carleton Watkins web site.
    Carleton Watkins self-portrait, 1883.    		Carleton Watkins self-portrait, 1883.
    He is demonstrating the use of a gold mining rocker in Calaveras County, CA. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial (visit).
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Watkins brief visit to Victoria was part of a tour of the Pacific Northwest. He made some panoramas of the city. Details of his life can be found in numerous articles and several books, including a detailed account in Palmquist (1983). According to Alinder (1979), views from this trip were published under the title "New Series of Pacific Coast Views" which included stereograph cards as well as large prints.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: see The Photographs of Carleton Watkins (Web site).

  • Sources 
    1. [S911] COLLECTION: CALSTLIB.

    2. [S169] COLLECTION: UWL.

    3. [S179] Alinder, James, ed., Alinder (1979), (Carmel, Calif.: Friends of Photography in association with the Weston Gallery, 1979.).

    4. [S383] Peter E. Palmquist, Palmquist (1983), (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press for the Amon Carter Museum, 1983).

    5. [S1190] J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty (1997), (Los Angeles, Calif.: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997), TR652 W38.

    6. [S1189] Tyler Green, Green (2018), (Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press, 2018), TR140.W376.

    7. [S910] Steve Heselton, Photographs of Carleton Watkins (Web site), (Steve Heselton) (Reliability: 3).