California, Yosemite Valley, Bridal Veil Falls, Wawona Trail – Antique Print
(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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California, Yosemite Valley, Bridal Veil Falls, Wawona Trail comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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California, Yosemite Valley, Bridal Veil Falls, Wawona Trail
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Bridal Veil Falls, which drops beside the Wawona Trail in Yosemite Valley, is the detail that sets this print apart from the valley's many views of Half Dome and El Capitan. The photograph dates to about 1906, a period when Yosemite had been a state reserve for less than a half century and was drawing growing numbers of visitors by stagecoach and rail. Trails like the Wawona route carried those travelers past the falls, and photographers such as Herve Friend, whose Hollywood studio holds the copyright noted on the record, sold views like this one as souvenirs. The print is worth a look for its record of how the valley was presented to tourists in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H45473-5 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Herve Friend, Hollywood, Calif. |
| Subjects | Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1900-1910. Waterfalls--California--Yosemite Valley--1900-1910. Trails & paths--California--Yosemite Valley--1900-1910. National parks & reserves--California--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,293 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-200543 |
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