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In the Mariposa Grove
1867
Carleton E. Watkins
USA: California, San Francisco
Photograph on paper mounted on board
3 1/2"h x 7"w x 1/8"d
Gift of William Caleb Loring
88.38.62

Black-and-white stereocard photograph mounted on a yellow card, showing a group of trees in a forest. On the ground in front of the trees, there are fallen branches and pine cones. A few younger trees are visible in front of the five taller trees in the foreground. Behind these five larger trees, there are several other conically shaped trees in the distance. Printed in black on the front of this card is "Watkins' Pacific Coast. / 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. / Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by C.E. Watkins, / in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States / for the Northern District of California. / In the Mariposa Grove, / 1172. / Mariposa County, Cal." The back of the card is blank.