40008.
Hall’s Centennial Exhibit.
No. 12. Cantonese dressed in Mourning for the Emperor. Their first peep into the Stereoscope.
3785. At the Mechanics’ Institute. From the collection of H.C. Peterson, the curator who visited Watkins at his San Francisco home shortly before the earthquake to make arrangements for his collection to be moved. Unfortunately the earthquake intervened. He writes on the back of the view “At the time this exhibition was held Mr. Watkins was the best known and most active photographer on the Pacific Coast. All the views shown in this picture are included in the series.” Peterson’s private library stamp on verso.
101. The Photographic and Optical Instrument Establishment of the Publishers, 317 and 319 Montgomery St.
Interior View of the Gallery on Pt. Lookout, Lookout Mountain. Photograph Gallery of Royan M. Linn.
Umbrella Rock on Point. Royan M. Linn at right; photo shack at left; shadow of photographer in foreground.
Lookout Photographers on Lookout Mountain showing part of Battlefield and Chattanooga in the distance.
Moccasin Point. Linn’s Gallery at left. See The Blue and Gray in Black and White by Bob Zeller, page 176.
Photographer with camera, stereo camera, bottle with funnel, and photographs in studio. Image is pseudoscopic.
Photographer with camera, stereo camera, bottle with funnel, and photographs in studio. Image is pseudoscopic.
Gentleman, probably the photographer, looking at stereoviews. Frames and cases in background. Image is pseudoscopic.
Photographic still life with 16-lens camera, 4-lens camera, head brace, frame, several images.
