[WESTERN AMERICANA] -- [ARIZONA]. WATKINS, Carleton (1829-1916), photographer. City of Yuma, from the Fort, Arizona. San Francisco, CA: [1880].

6 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (toning to image, some soiling, residue in upper margin of left print; edge and corner wear to mount, including loss to left edge and top left corner of mount, staining to verso). Recto with photographer's imprint, series title, "Watkins' New Series of Pacific Coast Views," and image title in lower margin.

Watkins produced over 30 stereoviews of Yuma, including overviews of the town, views of the fort, and the new railroad bridge. He also took a number of images of the local native population as well as the various cacti species which grew in Southern Arizona. Jeremy Rowe has meticulously documented Watkins' stereographs of Arizona and compiled a list of all known negatives (see Vintagephoto.com).

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[WESTERN AMERICANA] -- [ARIZONA]. WATKINS, Carleton (1829-1916), photographer. City of Yuma, from the Fort, Arizona. San Francisco, CA: [1880].

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[WESTERN AMERICANA] -- [ARIZONA]. WATKINS, Carleton (1829-1916), photographer. City of Yuma, from the Fort, Arizona. San Francisco, CA: [1880].

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[WESTERN AMERICANA] -- [ARIZONA]. WATKINS, Carleton (1829-1916), photographer. City of Yuma, from the Fort, Arizona. San Francisco, CA: [1880].