Chapter 27 images

The Last Great Picture

Note: Few of Carleton Watkins’s pictures of Kern County agriculture have been professionally shot by the institutions that hold them. Many of the images here are from my notes (hence the poor quality).

1 CEW, San Emegdio Ranch, ca. 1886-89 1500.jpg — Carleton Watkins, San Emigdio Ranch, ca. 1886-89.

2 CEW Ruins on Tejon Ranch, 582, KCM 1500 — Carleton Watkins, Ruins on Tejon Ranch, ca. 1886-89. Collection of the Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, Calif.

2 CEW, Family and Oak Tree, Tejon Ranch, ca. 1887-89, LOC 1500.jpg — Carleton Watkins, Family and Oak Tree, Tejon Ranch, ca. 1887-89. Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington.

3 CEW, Portrait of Juan Jose Lopez, ca 1888, KCM 1500 — Carleton Watkins, Juan Jose Lopez, ca. 1888. Collection of the Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, Calif.

4 CEW View of Paddocks, ca. 1887-89. 1500.jpg — Carleton Watkins, View of Paddocks, ca. 1887-89.

Carleton Watkins, Fig Tree, Tejon Ranch, ca. 1887-89, HEH.jpg — Carleton Watkins, Fig Tree, Tejon Ranch, ca. 1887-89. Collection of the Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.

fig_75_LateGeorgeClingPeaches 1500 — Carleton Watkins, Late George Cling Peaches, 1888-89. Collection of the Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif.