The Jim Crain Collection: Texas, California & the Old West

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Lot 692

[YOSEMITE, SEQUOIAS] Napa Geysers & Giant Sequoias, (8) Stereoviews by Watkins

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An attractive group of eight (8) stereoviews by legendary California photographer Carleton Watkins featuring the giant sequoias of Mariposa Grove and the geysers of Napa County.

Each view presented on Watkins' mounts with "Watkins' Pacific Coast" series title and view titles with various imprints (as noted) printed to mount rectos. Views include:

1. 1585. The Devil's Cañon, Geysers, View looking up. Napa County, Cal. 1867. 429 Montgomery St. imprint.

2. 1574. Steamboat Geysers, Devil's Cañon, Geysers. Napa County, Cal. 1867. 429 Montgomery St. imprint.

3. 2308. Geyser Hotel. 22 & 26 Montgomery St. imprint.

4. 2328. Napa Soda Springs. 22 & 26 Montgomery St. imprint.

5. 1178. White & Hatches', Mariposa County, Cal. 22 & 26 Montgomery St. imprint.

6. 1171. In the Mariposa Grove, Mariposa, Cal. 26 Montgomery St. imprint.

Figure on horseback identified as Galen Clark.

7. 1159. Clark's near the Big Tree Grove, Mariposa County, Cal. 1867. 429 Montgomery St. imprint.

8. 1164. Section of the Grizzly Giant, 33 feet diameter, Mariposa Grove, Mariposa County, Cal. 1867. 425 Montgomery St. imprint to verso.

[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, Stereographs] [Western Americana, Western History, Western Expansion, Wild West]

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The Jim Crain Collection: Texas, California & the Old West

[YOSEMITE, SEQUOIAS] Napa Geysers & Giant Sequoias, (8) Stereoviews by Watkins

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