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C.P.R.R. Transfer Boat "Solano," Port Costa / Discharging the Train


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    C.P.R.R. Transfer Boat "Solano," Port Costa / Waiting for the Train

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    Image size:14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. Note: The label for this print does not have Watkins' photograph number; [681] is from Naef.

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    C.P.R.R. Transfer Boat "Solano," Port Costa / Waiting for the Train

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    Image size:14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in. Note: The label for this print does not have Watkins' photograph number; [682] is from Naef, who dates it 1876, however the "Solano" did not start carrying trains until 1879. ("The Largest Ferryboat in the World" by H. E. Wright, Scientific American, March 4, 1905.)

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    Fig Tree, Tejon Ranch, Kern Co., Cal

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    Image size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/8 in. Note: The label for this print does not have Watkins' photograph number; [964] is from Naef.

    137500; 137501; 137502; 137503

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    View Down Kern River, From Bluff Above the Water Gates

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    Image size: 14 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. Note: The label for this print does not have Watkins' photograph number; [965] is from Naef, dated 1881; Green dates 1880-1881 in correspondence June 12, 2019.

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    Filling in Secret Town Trestle / C.P.R.R

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    Image size:14 1/8 x 21 1/8 in. Note: Label says Watkins no. 1115 (same as previous photograph), but Naef says this is a printing mistake and identifies the number as 1116 Alt.

    137500; 137501; 137502; 137503

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    View Up Kern River, From Bluff Above the Water Gates

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    Image size: 14 1/8 x 21 1/2 in. Note: The label for this print does not have Watkins' photograph number and none is given in Naef, dated 1881; Green dates 1880-1881 in correspondence June 12, 2019.

    137500; 137501; 137502; 137503