Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867 by C. E. Watkins, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of California.
Stamp on back: Paris International Exposition, 1868. The first prize awarded to the United States by the Committee on Photographic Landscapes, received by C. E. Watkins, and the only medal for California views, 425 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.