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View of Gleenbrook [sic] Bay, Lake Tahoe, Showing Saw Mills, Breakwater and Steamers of Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Flume Co., also Lake Terminus of Lake Tahoe, N.G.R.R.

Carleton Watkins1868 - 1873

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The subject is a settlement on the shore of Lake Tahoe, at Glenbrook Bay, a location that was photographed in mammoth plate only by Watkins. Mammoth plate photographs of obscure settlements that were not connected with industry are very rare.

Details

  • Title: View of Gleenbrook [sic] Bay, Lake Tahoe, Showing Saw Mills, Breakwater and Steamers of Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Flume Co., also Lake Terminus of Lake Tahoe, N.G.R.R.
  • Creator: Carleton Watkins
  • Date Created: 1868 - 1873
  • Location Created: Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 40.2 × 52.4 cm (15 13/16 × 20 5/8 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 85.XM.36
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)

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