Carleton E. Watkins Photographs of the Columbia River and Oregon
(California): The Friends of Photography and Weston Gallery, (1979). Carleton E. Watkins. Stiff printed wrappers. Oblong 4to. With 32 pages of introduction and essays, the balance unpaginated. Preface by the editor, James Alinder. Essays by David Featherstone and Russ Anderson. Lavishly illustrated with black & white reproductions of Carleton Watkin's photography. Bound in stiff photo-illustrated wraps. Former owner name on the front free endpaper. Light age-toning and wear to front cover. Very Good. Item #8361
In the early 1850s Watkins and a childhood friend moved to San Francisco, drawn by the gold rush. Watkins was eventually established as one of the great photographers of the West; his friend, Collis Huntington became one of the owners of the Central Pacific Railroad - one of the "Big Four."
Price: $45.00