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Views of the N.C. Carter residence and garden

Description: Seven card photographs depicting the exterior of the two-story house, front garden, and property of Nathaniel C. Carter, known as Willow Dale (also spelled Willowdale) in San Gabriel (now San Marino, California). The images include photographs by Carleton E. Watkins (photPF 790, 792-796).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1877-approximately 1880.
Call number: photPF 790-796
Provenance: Acquired from Carter, 1937.
Dimensions: mounts 14 x 22 cm and smaller.
Associated people: Watkins, Carleton E., (1829-1916,)
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Garden scene at Willowdale, N.C. Carter's residence, San Gabriel

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A prickly pear cactus tree and other varieties of flowers and plants are planted, with a picket fence in the background, in the front yard of the residence of Nathaniel C. Carter on his Willow Dale (or Willowdale) estate in San Gabriel (now San Marino, California).

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Residence in the San Gabriel Valley

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The two-story residence of Nathaniel C. Carter on the Willow Dale estate in San Gabriel (now San Marino, California), with porch, sits on a gentle slope with a fenced-in garden in front. To the left, a horse-drawn carriage and a woman astride another horse, and a vineyard is planted in the foreground.

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"Willow Dale." N.C. Carter's residence, San Gabriel, Cal

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A little boy in a top hat, and little girl stand holding hands on a wood-plank walkway. Behind them is a driveway that runs past a vineyard and up to the two-story residence of Nathaniel C. Carter on the Willow Dale estate in San Gabriel (now San Marino, California).

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Castor Bean 10 months old at N.C. Carter's San Gabriel Valley

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A young tree with a thin trunk in the foreground, behind it, a flat, empty area and scattered trees on the Willow Dale estate of Nathaniel C. Carter in San Gabriel (now San Marino, California).

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View in the San Gabriel Valley

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A dirt road forks in the foreground. On the right, the road runs beside a wood-post fence with orchards and trees behind it on the Willow Dale estate of Nathaniel C. Carter in San Gabriel (now San Marino, California). On the left is empty, open land.

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Residence of N. C. Carter, Esq., Willow Dale, San Gabriel

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Landscape view of a dirt road running along a wood post fence between a vineyard and landscaped garden on the Willow Dale estate of Nathaniel C. Carter in San Gabriel (now San Marino, California). The road forks off in to the left out of frame.

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Views of the N.C. Carter residence and garden

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Residence of N. C. Carter, Esq., Willow Dale, San Gabriel