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1. carletonwatkins.orgThe Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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   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.

2. www.caviews.com › 19th19th Century California Photographers Hathaway Collection of ...

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   Oct 1, 2019 · Mr. Pat Hathaway has the most comprehensive and unique Historical Photo Collection in Central California coast.

3. www.californiadesertart.com › rudolph-dheureuseRudolph d’Heureuse: The Earliest Photographs of the Wild Mojave

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   Dec 11, 2018 · When we think of the first Southern California photographers we think of Carleton Watkins, who photographed Los Angeles in the 1880s, and Timothy O’Sullivan, who photographed the Colorado River in 1871. But they were latecomers compared to d’Heureuse (pronounced dah-ROOZ).

4. californiahistoricalsociety.org › blog › in-theIn the Library: Uncovering History, The Pacific Coast ...

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   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.

5. guides.library.ucla.edu › cHistory of Photography and Celebrated Photographers ...

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   Jun 24, 2024 · Photographs of the early greater Los Angeles area, California missions, U.S. Civil War, and Latin America Photographers’ Collection (Collection 98) consists of photographs and negatives of many well-known photographers from the 19 th and 20 th century.

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6. californiahistoricalsociety.org › exhibitionsBoomtowns: How Photography Shaped Los Angeles and San ...

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   Oct 12, 2018 · As San Francisco and Los Angeles entered a period of rapid, unimaginable growth following the state’s entry into the Union in 1850, photography played a significant role in defining and shaping how the rest of the country understood California.

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   When did photography start in California?

   • Beginning with touring exhibitions of glass-plate images, photographs of California traveled far and wide, especially once the business of photography hit its stride in the 1890s, when cameras grew increasingly affordable, photos began appearing in newspapers, and people started sending real photo postcards.

   True West: Searching for the Familiar in Early Photos of L.A. and San

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   Who were some early California photographers?

   • Some early California photographers were H. W. Hathaway \& Muzzall (1844-??), Treu Ergeben 'T.E.' Hecht (1875-1937), George Fiske (1835-1918), William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), Darius Kinsey (1869-1945), and C.R. Savage (1832-1909).

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   Which Californians pushed the limits of photography?

   • “I think the earliest and best example of Californians pushing the limits of photography is probably Carleton Watkins having a custom-made, cabinet-sized camera built to take with him to Yosemite in 1861,” Garcia says. “The literature suggests that he wanted his photographs to be hung on walls, to be framed and viewed like large paintings.

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   Why is photography so popular in California?

   • In many ways, the flowering of photography was intimately entwined with the early development of California’s biggest cities. A century before the state became famously linked with the technology industry, local inventors were experimenting with photographic devices, creating images unlike any seen before.

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8. www.collectorsweekly.com › articles › early-photosTrue West: Searching for the Familiar in Early Photos of L.A ...

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   Feb 13, 2019 · The resulting set of shadowy, bronze-tinted images comprises some of the earliest photos taken in the storied new state of California, and gave many curious Americans back east their first impressions of the city by the bay.