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Embracing both human enterprise and the natural wonders of California, Watkins created crystalline views of the West that balanced the works of man and nature in an ideal harmony we can only envy today.
- Devil's Canyon, Geysers, Looking Down
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Johnson Gallery, Selections...
- Multnomah Falls Cascade, Columbia River
Oakland Museum of California. "Carleton E. Watkins:...
- View From The Sentinel Dome, Yosemite
Carleton Watkins made his name with views of Yosemite...
- Strait of Carquennes, From South Vallejo
The Star Flour Mills (center) is featured by Robert Louis...
- Tantalus Cañon, Utah
William Henry Jackson was employed for eight years on the...
- The Hudson River School
The Hudson River School was America’s first true artistic...
- Devil's Canyon, Geysers, Looking Down
Watkins extensively photographed early San Francisco, Yosemite, Mendocino and the Sierra Nevada mining regions. His photogaphs of Yosemite helped influence Congress and President Lincoln in the preservation of Yosemite Valley. Watkins also made some of the earliest photographs of Southern California and the Pacific Nortwest.
Oct 1, 2019 · Mr. Pat Hathaway has the most comprehensive and unique Historical Photo Collection in Central California coast.
From the obscure to the famous, nineteenth-century California photographers made major contributions to their field. In the process, they also won international awards and made revolutionary advancements in photography – e. g., early motion pictures.
Jun 23, 2020 · It is the key to a dispersed archival landscape that stretches from California to the Pacific Northwest, down to the Southwest, and all the way to the East Coast. In the early stages of my research, the Pacific Coast Photographer provided an inventory of names, activities, and locations for further inquiry.
Walter A. Scott (1864-1957) was a California photographer from the 1900s-1930s. He worked professionally from 1910-1940s and primarily took photographs of yachts and other vessels in the San Francisco Bay.
Oct 12, 2018 · From pictures of San Francisco on fire following the 1906 earthquake, to photographs taken in the 1920s of the nascent Hollywoodland housing development—which bequeathed the city its iconic sign—this exhibition draws exclusively from CHS’s extensive photographic holdings.
