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Carleton E. Watkins

St. Charles Hotel, Los Angeles. 4358.

Filed in:
Stereo Collection: Los Angeles Co.: Los Angeles: Watkins, # 4358

Published:
, c1877. (1 photoprint on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.)

Notes:
Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916) is recognized as California's premier 19th century photographer. In the late 1870s this San Francisco photographer made his first trip into Southern California. He is probably the first photographer of note to systematically record images of Southern California.

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