Yo-Semite Fall (2634 feet high) from near Sentinel House P.T. Barnum and party – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Yo-Semite Fall (2634 feet high) from near Sentinel House P.T. Barnum and party. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Yo-Semite Fall (2634 feet high) from near Sentinel House P.T. Barnum and party
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Showman P.T. Barnum and his traveling party appear in this 1870 card, which pairs them with Yosemite Fall, listed in the title at 2,634 feet. The view was made near the Sentinel House, a lodging spot in the valley, and the group stands in the foreground while the falls rise behind them. Stereoviews like this were meant to be seen in pairs through a hand viewer, which gave the scene a sense of depth. Publisher William I. Marshall issued cards like this in a Yosemite series, and such cards carried the valley's scenery into parlors far from California.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | 3557 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 1219. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher. |
| Subjects | Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,845 × 2,430 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-269734 |
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