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[Bridge over the Merced at Clark's, Yosemite]

Description

[Watkins no. 102] View of two men fishing on a bridge over the Merced River. One is possibly Galen Clark. Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "Bridge at Clarks. No. 102."

Type
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Date
1865-66
Call number
(photCL Watkins 80)
Creator
Watkins, Carleton E (1829-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Goodspeed's Book Shop, 1968.
Purchased from Grahame Hardy, 1964.
Purchased from David Magee, 1958.
Gift of Arthur N. Carter, 1936; 1938.
Purchased from Warren Howell, 1966.
Transferred from John Haskell Kemble collection, 1997.
Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from Michael Dawson, 2012.
Provenance unknown.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Photographs are fragile and only available with curatorial approval. Please view digital surrogates.
Dimensions
size of prints vary, approximately 40 x 53 cm (15 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
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