President Roosevelt and party [at] Inspiration Point, Yosemite Valley, California – Antique Wall Art
![President Roosevelt and party [at] Inspiration Point, Yosemite Valley, California, c1903. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/30/30d4c6f3aa55-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of President Roosevelt and party [at] Inspiration Point, Yosemite Valley, California. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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President Roosevelt and party [at] Inspiration Point, Yosemite Valley, California
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Roosevelt's 1903 visit to Yosemite is the detail that sets this picture apart: the party is gathered at Inspiration Point, a granite overlook above the valley floor that was a favored stop for visitors arriving by stagecoach and on foot. Roosevelt had come to California that spring, and his time in Yosemite with the naturalist John Muir helped build his enthusiasm for conservation. The print was made by the Southern Pacific Company, whose railroad carried many tourists to the region, and its copyright registration shows the company was promoting the valley's scenery as much as the presidential visit itself.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H34386 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Southern Pacific Company. |
| Subjects | Roosevelt, Theodore,--1858-1919--Journeys--California--Yosemite Valley. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,216 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-119159 |
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