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This sepia-toned, nineteenth-century photograph provides a wide, elevated view of a vast, open landscape featuring a small settlement in the distance. The foreground consists of a large, dry field with sparse, low-lying vegetation and dark, scattered debris or rocks. In the middle ground, a cluster of small, light-colored buildings is situated at the base of a range of rolling, dark hills that stretch across the horizon. The sky is a uniform, pale tone. The photograph has rounded top corners and is mounted on a light-colored card. A vertical "KODAK GRAY SCALE" strip and a ruler are positioned along the left edge of the image for scale and color reference. At the top center of the photograph, the words "Princeton West" are written in a small, faint, handwritten script.

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Title
Princeton -- west
Full Collection Name
Photographs of the Mariposa Estate and Environs Taken by Carleton E. Watkins, 1860
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 19xx.194:05--ffALB
Type
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The Bancroft Library
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Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, February 2026 .

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