Tu-tock-ah-nu-la (El Capitan), 3,300 feet high - Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County – Historic Reproduction
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(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 Tu-tock-ah-nu-la (El Capitan), 3,300 feet high - Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Tu-tock-ah-nu-la (El Capitan), 3,300 feet high - Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County
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El Capitan, the sheer granite monolith labeled here with its Native name, Tu-tock-ah-nu-la, rises above Yosemite Valley in this 1866 stereograph. Published two years after Congress set the valley aside for public use, the card helped carry images of the landscape to eastern parlors, where viewers used a lens to see the rock in depth. The Library holds only one half of the original pair, so the full three-dimensional effect is not preserved here.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1105. LOT subdivision subject: Yosemite Valley. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,461 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115829 |
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