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View from Russian Hill

Artist Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)
Dateca. 1870
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/16 × 6 1/16 inches (7.78 × 15.4 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (8.26 × 17.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3705
SignedOn mount recto, right edge, in black pen: "Watkins San Francisco"
InscribedOn mount recto, lower right, in black pen: "View from Russian Hill 770"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage taken from a high vantage point looking down onto a city with densely built homes and a white picket fence in the foreground.
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View from Russian Hill [1]
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View from Russian Hill [2]
Carleton E. Watkins
ca. 1870
2005.27.3708
View from Russian Hill [3]
Carleton E. Watkins
ca. 1870
2005.27.3709
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Carleton E. Watkins
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2005.27.3711
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Carleton E. Watkins
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2005.27.3704
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Carleton E. Watkins
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2005.27.3706
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Carleton E. Watkins
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2005.27.364
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Carleton E. Watkins
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2005.27.3710
recto overall
Carleton E. Watkins
1861
2005.27.245
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Carleton E. Watkins
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Carleton E. Watkins
ca. 1872
2005.27.214