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Carleton E. Watkins
Eagle Creek, Columbia River1867

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a riverside lumber mill operation surrounded by tall evergreen trees, with wooden buildings, a trestle bridge, and small figures near a horse

Carleton E. Watkins, Eagle Creek, Columbia River, 1867, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, digital image © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Carleton E. Watkins
United States, 1829-1916
Title
Eagle Creek, Columbia River
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1867
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15 3/4 × 20 5/8 in. (40.01 × 52.39 cm) Primary support: 15 3/4 × 20 5/8 in. (40.01 × 52.39 cm) Secondary support: 21 5/8 × 26 7/8 in. (54.93 × 68.26 cm) Mat: 24 × 28 in. (60.96 × 71.12 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.2304
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography

  • Road Trip: Photography of the American West: Photographies XIXe-XXIe Siècles du Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Bordeaux: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux, 2014.

Related Unframed

Carleton Watkins: Great American Photographer
Carleton Watkins: Great American Photographer
  • February 18, 2009