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Round Top. / Azimuth from west across chasm. Instruments from left as follows:—Man holding bitimeter rod; Solar Radiator; Plane table; Verticle [sic] Circle House; Prof. Davidson with large Heliotrope; Reconnoitering Telescope; The Odolete House, Azimuth; Refraction Station; Astronomical Observatory. In lower right corner are steps leading to bridge over chasm with life lines
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Mt. Lola / Looking east from point 400 ft. below Azimuth. Camp on left; next is Lola, Azimuth, Sphinx Head, Lake Independence
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Mt. Lola / Looking toward Azimuth from under Sphinx Head
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View from Round Top. / Cloud Scene looking east from Azimuth. Vertical wall just west of Azimuth in foreground. Blue Lakes on right
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Round Top. / From S. W. (instruments pointing upwards) Debris at angle of 45 degrees. Huts in chasm
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Round Top. / From western part of ridge: Cory's Peak on upper left; Summit City middle right; Lake Winnemucca on lower left; Azimuth 10,645 ft. elevation
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Summits of the Sierras
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In 1879, Watkins was commissioned to travel to the peaks of California's Sierra Nevada mountains to photograph the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey led by George Davidson (1825-1911). The photographs in this album were made during that commission, in the summer of 1879. The album opens with a scene of people positioned in front of a hotel on the shore of Lake Independence, followed by views across the lake looking up toward Mount Lola. Watkins then ascended to the survey base at the top of Mount Lola (9,148 ft.), where he made several photographs of the vistas and details of the rocky terrain, including trees, rivers, canyons, and lakes. He also climbed to the summit of Round Top (10,381 ft.), and made several photographs from that viewpoint, including one carefully orchestrated view of Davidson and his team posed with their instruments and an observation hut on the craggy summit. Occasional figures appear on ridgelines in the photographs, and tents and wooden huts erected by the survey team are seen in some views.
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