The Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures The Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point.
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Yosemite Falls, seen from the high vantage of Glacier Point, is the focus of this 1879 stereograph, which shows the valley's most famous waterfall from above rather than the usual view from the valley floor. Carleton Watkins made the negative, and this card belongs to his New Series of Pacific Coast Views, which was issued by the publisher William I. Marshall. Stereoviews like this were sold in large numbers to parlors across the United States, letting viewers feel they were standing on the rim of the valley. Their pairing of two slightly offset images through a viewer gave the cliffs and falls a convincing sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Original negative number: 3127. Title from item. Part of series: Watkins New Series [of Pacific Coast Views]. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher. |
| Subjects | Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,902 × 2,499 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-269743 |
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