Carleton E. Watkins - 19th Century California Photographer He became famous for his series of photographs and historic stereoviews of Yosemite Valley in the 1860s, and also created a variety images of California and Oregon in the 1870s and later. Watkins purchased the 1860's Central Pacific Railroad construction stereoview negatives from CPRR official photographer Alfred A. Hart and continued their publication through the 1870's. Following a business setback resulting in his photographs being published without credit by the new owner, Watkins began anew with his "new series." The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed Watkin's studio and negatives.

External links

• Carleton Watkins - 19th Century California Photographer (http://CPRR.org/Museum/Stereo_World/Watkins/)
• The Stereoviews of Carleton Watkins (http://www.carletonwatkins.org)
• Carleton Watkins Photographs at the Getty Museum (http://search.getty.edu:8765/museum/query.html?col=museum&nh=5&pw=100%25&qt=carleton+watkins&Go.x=8&Go.y=7)