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[Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.] – Antique Print

[Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.], [ca. 1860] — historic photograph
[Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.], [ca. 1860]. Historic photograph from the Yosemite collection.

(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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[Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.]

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Bridalveil Fall, which drops beside the Yosemite Valley wall, was among the first Sierra Nevada scenes that photographers carried back to the eastern United States. Its thin ribbon of water, blown sideways by the wind, gave the fall its name and made it a favorite subject for early camera crews working in the valley. Around 1860, few Americans had seen the place firsthand, so pictures like this one did much of the work of introducing it to the public. Yosemite was not yet a protected park, and the print offers a record of the valley before roads and hotels changed its look.

Created / published[ca. 1860]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreLandscape photographs 1860.Photographic prints 1860.
SubjectsWaterfalls--California--1860. Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,280 × 1,016 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116665

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