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The lifetime collection of author and photo historian, Jim Crain (1939-2025). The catalog is exclusively devoted to antique photography with an emphasis on the Old West, California, Texas, and Native Americana from 1840-1900.
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Lot 625

[PACIFIC NORTHWEST] (8) Stereoviews of Watkins's Pacific Coast Views in Oregon

Estimate: $250 - $500
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$100

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A collection of eight (8) stereoviews by Carleton E. Watkins, 1867. All part of his multiple Pacific Coast series, these eight images were specifically when he traveled to Oregon and took images around the state, especially of the Columbia River and its gorge. 

 

Seven are on yellow mounts and one is on an orange one. Unless otherwise noted, the mount versos feature the imprint for Watkins's 425 Montgomery Street office. 

 

The images are as follows: 

 

1. 1270. Upper Cascades, Columbia River. Imprint for No. 8 Montgomery Street office to mount recto. 

 

2. 1329. Cape Horn, near Celilo, Columbia River. Imprint for 429 Montgomery Street office to mount recto. 

 

3. 1204. Panorama of Portland and the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 4. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

4. 1205. Panorama of Portland and the Willamette River, Oregon. No. 5. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

5. 1221. The Willamette Falls, Oregon. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

6. 1308. Machine Shop, O.S.N.C.'s Dalles City, Columbia River. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

7. 1301. View on the Columbia, O.R.R. Cascades, Columbia River. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

8. 1303. Dalles City from Rockland, Columbia River. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

[Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [Western Americana, Western History, Western Expansion, Wild West]

Fairly good condition. Some photographs have small stains that don't affect the visibility. Instances of aging evident. 

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Jim Crain Collection.