Yosemite National Park Historic Roads bird's-eye map – Vintage Map Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare antique map captures Yosemite National Park Historic Roads bird's-eye map in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Yosemite National Park Historic Roads bird's-eye map
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This bird's-eye map shows Yosemite's road network as a viewer would have seen it from above, with the valley floor, surrounding granite walls, and the routes that carried visitors in. Maps in this style were popular in the early twentieth century, when park promotion and the growth of automobile travel made it important for visitors to understand how to reach and move around the park. Yosemite became a national park in 1890, and its roads, including the routes into the valley and across the high country, shaped how most people experienced its waterfalls and meadows. Notice how the map blends a pictorial landscape with practical route information.
| Original scan | 14,459 × 9,894 px · prints to 48 × 33 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00004a |
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