"D172. Islands in the Columbia, Upper Cascade, W.T."
Boudoir card of islands in the Columbia River, near the Upper Cascade Rapids. Part of a railroad is visible in the foreground. Buildings are visible on the opposite shore. Photograph is inscribed incorrectly with the date "1867."
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D53. Rock Bluff, Columbia River Scenery. Oregon."
Boudoir card of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company railroad, just below Rowena in the Columbia River Gorge. A large cliff rises behind the railroad tracks.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D62. Mt. Hood from The Dalles, Columbia River Scenery. O."
Boudoir card of Mt. Hood photographed from The Dalles. The Columbia River is in the foreground. Photograph is inscribed incorrectly with the date "1867."
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D71. Panorama of Portland, Oregon. (No. 1.)"
Boudoir card of a Portland neighborhood with the Willamette River in the background. There is a fence in the foreground.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D89. Rooster Rock, Columbia River, Oregon."
Boudoir card of Rooster Rock on the bank of the Columbia River in the Columbia River Gorge. There is a beach in the foreground.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D96. Castle Rock, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
Boudoir card of Castle Rock (also known as Beacon Rock) across the Columbia River on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Photo taken from Oregon side of the Gorge. There is a railroad in the foreground.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"D99. A Winter Morning After a Storm. Columbia River Scenery, Oregon."
Boudoir card of snow blanketing the ground outside 2 cabins in the Columbia River Gorge. Scattered people, including a family, stand outside in the snow.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Dalles City from Rockland. W.T. Columbia River." (Mammoth 448)
View of The Dalles on the Columbia River, taken from the Washington side of the river. Mount Hood rises in the background. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate, on a different mount, with the alternate title, "Mount Hood and Dalles City from Rockland. Columbia River."
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Dalles City from Sun Set Hill. Columbia River." (Mammoth 450)
Distant view of The Dalles on the Columbia River, taken from Sunset Hill looking northwest.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Dalles City from the east (Mammoth 449)
View of The Dalles, taken from the Oregon side of the Columbia River, looking east. No title on matted plate.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Distant View of Castle Rock. Columbia River" (Mammoth 426)
Distant view of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, across the Columbia River on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge. Taken from the McCrary farm in Oregon. OHS Collection includes 1 duplicate of this mammoth plate on a different mount.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Distant View of Castle Rock, looking west, Oregon" (E51)
Stereograph of a distant view of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, taken from the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co's railroad tracks east of Castle Rock, 1883.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Distant View of Castle Rock, looking west, Oregon" (Stereograph E50)
Stereograph view of Castle Rock, also known as Beacon Rock, looking west down the Columbia River Gorge, circa 1883.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Distant View of the Locks, Upper Cascades."
View of the Columbia River with the locks at the Upper Cascades visible in the distance.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Distant View of Tooth Bridge, Col. River Scenery, Or." (Stereograph E47)
Stereograph of a tooth bridge along the Columbia River Gorge.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Donner Lake, with Crested Peak and Mt. Lincoln in distance." (Stereograph 129)
Stereograph originally taken by Alfred A. Hart circa 1862-1869 and reprinted by Carleton Watkins, who acquired Hart's negatives in 1869. Hart was the official photographer for the Central Pacific Railroad.
Hart, Alfred A., 1816-1908
"East Portal, Tunnel No. 3, Oregon." (Stereograph E20)
Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s Tunnel No. 3 on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, 1883
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Floating Salmon wheel Columbia River Scenery, O'gn." (Stereograph E14)
Stereograph of floating salmon wheel amd fisherman near Bradford Island, Columbia River, 1882. Items 2/78 and 2/79 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/79: “Salmon Wheel Boat, Columbia River, Oregon.” Transcription from back: “Have (new) neg.”
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Flour and Woolen Mills, Oregon City from Upper Basin." (Mammoth 415)
View of the Imperial Flour Mills on the left, and the Oregon Woolen Mills on the right. In the foreground, five men on a boat look up at the camera, including a man on the stern who tips his hat.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Fort Point, from Black Point, San Francisco." (Stereograph946)
Person stands next to cannon at Fort Point, San Francisco.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Galen Clark at the Grizzly Giant
Carte de visite of Galen Clark standing at the base of the Grizzly Giant, a giant sequoia tree in Mariposa Grove, California.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Gold Hill, from the Reservoir." (Stereograph 4158)
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Government House, Victoria, (B. C.)" (Stereograph 5295)
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Government House, Victoria, (B. C.)" (Stereograph 5296)
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Government House, Victoria, (B. C.)" (Stereograph 5297)
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Government House, Victoria, (B. C.)" (Stereograph 5298)
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Great Storm of the Winter of 1884-5, Columbia River, Oregon
Album of photographs from the Watkins new Series depicting the Columbia River Gorge during the winter storm of 1884-1885. Plates are arranged numerically by Watkins number. This album was originally owned in 1886 by Charles H. Prescott (b. 1839), manager of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. from 1881-1887, and is inscribed with his signature and the date. Eight of the photographic plates have been removed from this album and matted; these loose plates are stored apart from the album in Box 7.
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
"Hood River Crossing, Columbia River Scenery, Oregon." (Stereograph E17)
Stereograph of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.'s railroad bridge over Hood River, circa 1883. Items 2/82 and 2/83 are duplicate stereographs on different mounts. Alternate caption on stereograph 2/83: "Hood River Crossing, Oregon."
Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916