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Carleton Watkins

Cascade Between the Vernal and the Nevada Falls, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal., No. 1083 from the series "Watkins' Pacific Coast"

1861/76
Albumen print, stereo
7.9 × 7.7 cm (3.1 × 3 in)

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