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Carleton Watkins, Oswego Iron Works, Willamette River
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Carleton Watkins

Oswego Iron Works, Willamette River

1867

Current Collection

J. Paul Getty Museum

Los Angeles, United States

Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
40.2 × 52.7 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-399892

The tree stumps and lumber strewn throughout the foreground imply that this facility is still under construction. A group of businessmen stands among the various buildings of their enterprise, at the end of a newly created road. This commanding view overlooking an industrial plant on Oregon's Willamette River belies the fact that it is actually the right half of a two-part panorama. Carleton Watkins's panoramas, which he began making in 1858, included pure landscapes as well as areas of industrial development.

Provenance

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Registry history

  • 1867 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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