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Carleton E. Watkins (November 11, 1829 – June 23, 1916) was a noted 19th-century California photographer. He is notable for his series of conservation photographs of the Yosemite Valley in the 1860s that significantly influenced the United States Congress' decision to establish the valley as a National Park in 1864.

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