Glacier Point Yosemite Valley Cal. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Glacier Point Yosemite Valley Cal., a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Glacier Point Yosemite Valley Cal.
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Glacier Point is a granite promontory that rises roughly 3,200 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley, and this 1902 view of its cliffs shows the sheer rock that made the spot so striking to visitors. By then the valley had been under California's protection since 1864, and it became part of Yosemite National Park in 1890. Glacier Point drew tourists who reached it by horseback or stage, and it offered one of the most famous vistas in the Sierra Nevada. The record also lists the name Bret Harte, which is worth noting for researchers, though the catalog entry does not clearly establish that link.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Notes | H23105 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4706. · Harte Bret 1836-1902. |
| Subjects | Cliffs--California--Yosemite Valley--1900-1910. Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1900-1910. Glacier Point (Calif.)--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,750 × 4,608 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-270870 |
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