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Carleton E. Watkins

South Dome, 6,000 feet, Yosemite

ca. 1872, printed ca. 1876
Albumen silver print from glass negative
33.5 × 26.8 cm (13.2 × 10.6 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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