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[Washington Column, Mirror View, Yosemite]

Description: [Watkins no. 81] Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Washington Column. 2082 ft. Yosemite No. 81 C. E. Watkins."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1865-66
Call number: (photCL Watkins 79)
Creator: Watkins, Carleton E (1829-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1968.; Purchased from Grahame Hardy, 1964.; Purchased from David Magee, 1958.; Gift of Arthur N. Carter, 1936; 1938.; Purchased from Warren Howell, 1966.; Transferred from John Haskell Kemble collection, 1997.; Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from Michael Dawson, 2012.; Provenance unknown.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Photographs are fragile and only available with curatorial approval. Please view digital surrogates.
Dimensions: size of prints vary, approximately 40 x 53 cm (15 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
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