Carleton Watkins, Eagle Creek, Columbia River

by Elizabeth Gerber, LACMA and Dr. Beth Harris

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Carleton E. Watkins, Eagle Creek, Columbia River, 1867, albumen silver print, 40.01 × 52.39 cm (LACMA)

 

Business or pleasure? Carlton Watkins could photograph both beautifully.

 

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Additional resources

Tyler Green, Carleton Watkins: Making the West American (University of California Press, 2018)

Cite this page as: Elizabeth Gerber, LACMA and Dr. Beth Harris, "Carleton Watkins, Eagle Creek, Columbia River," in Smarthistory, September 8, 2019, accessed January 23, 2022, https://smarthistory.org/carleton-watkins-eagle-creek-columbia-river/.

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