Warm Springs Hotel Lake Tahoe 1876 - 1880

Carleton E. Watkins, a pioneer of American landscape photography, captured this circular image of the Warm Springs Hotel at Lake Tahoe between 1876 and 1880. The image is a part of a larger album, featuring many of Watkins' landscape photographs of the American West. The image depicts a wooden structure with a porch overlooking the lake. Several figures are standing on the porch and a wooden dock in the foreground leads to the water's edge. This photograph provides a glimpse into the history of the American West and showcases the unique perspective of Watkins' photographic practice.