The Domes Yosemite. – Historic 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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This historic photograph of The Domes Yosemite. brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Domes Yosemite.
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Carleton Watkins's view of "The Domes" turns the camera toward the granite formations that rise above Yosemite Valley, the sheer rock forms that drew travelers long before the valley became a national park. The card belongs to Watkins's New Series of Pacific Coast Views, issued in 1879 by publisher William I. Marshall, who sold these photographs to a public eager for the Far West. Viewed through a stereoscope, the two nearly identical images merged into a single scene with depth, which is why such cards filled American parlors in the 1870s.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Original negative number: 3128. 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 | 4,910 × 2,538 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-268942 |
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