February 20 - May 7, 2000

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Approximately 80 photographs taken by Carleton Watkins in the Pacific Northwest from the late 1850s through the early 1890s were shown in this first major exhibition of the photographer's work in 20 years. Studies of Yosemite and of other natural areas were featured in the presentation, which included mammoth-plate photographs and panoramic and stereo-format prints.