Yo-Semite Valley. Nevada Fall, 700 feet high, and Cap of Liberty – Historic Print
![Yo-Semite Valley. Nevada Fall, 700 feet high, and Cap of Liberty, San Francisco : Thomas Houseworth & Co., [ca. 1872] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/39/397c40d0e3e0-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.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Yo-Semite Valley. Nevada Fall, 700 feet high, and Cap of Liberty in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Yo-Semite Valley. Nevada Fall, 700 feet high, and Cap of Liberty
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Nevada Fall, which drops about 594 feet in its main plunge, is the waterfall named in this stereograph's title, and the view pairs it with Cap of Liberty, the rounded granite dome that rises above the Merced River gorge. Thomas Houseworth & Co. of San Francisco issued this card around 1872 as part of a numbered series, one of many stereo views that carried Yosemite's scenery to parlors across the country. Stereographs like this were viewed through a hand-held lens, which gave the cliffs and falls a sense of depth that a flat print could not. Looking closely, you can see how the thin ribbon of water contrasts with the massive stone walls around it.
| Created / published | San Francisco : Thomas Houseworth & Co., [ca. 1872] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1870-1880.Landscape photographs 1870-1880.Photographic prints 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. No. 1640. |
| Subjects | Valleys--California--Yosemite Valley--1870-1880. Waterfalls--California--Yosemite Valley--1870-1880. Rock formations--California--Yosemite Valley--1870-1880. Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,313 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-208721 |
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