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"Yuma" from Fort Yuma and Colorado River Bridge


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  • Fort Yuma and the Colorado River

    Fort Yuma and the Colorado River

    Manuscripts

    mssMarston papers V104/0053

  • Bridge over the Colorado River at Fort Yuma

    Bridge over the Colorado River at Fort Yuma

    Visual Materials

    photCL 74 (461)

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    [Bridge over the Colorado River at Fort Yuma.]

    Visual Materials

    This collection contains 430 albumen photographs by photographer Carleton E. Watkins that chiefly depict buildings, points of interest, and locales in Northern and Southern California in the 1870s and 1880s, as well as 223 card photographs by photographer Alfred A. Hart documenting the construction of the western half of the transcontinental railroad by the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) in the 1860s, which were later published by Watkins under his own imprint. Images by Watkins depict locations in Arizona and California including: Lake Tahoe, Los Angeles, the Mammoth Tree Grove, Paso Robles, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Gabriel, San Luis Obispo, San Pedro, Santa Monica, Soda Springs, Wilmington, and Yosemite, as well as views related to the Southern Pacific Railroad and of the Colorado River. There are a few images of Native Americans in Arizona and California, and several images related to trains and railroads. The photographs have been removed from the original album, which is a large leather album with brass bindings (Box 10). There are some handwritten identifications in the album pages, most likely written after if was received by the Library.

    photCL 74

  • The Colorado River near Yuma; under the new rail bridge

    The Colorado River near Yuma; under the new rail bridge

    Manuscripts

    mssMarston papers V104/0109