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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
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