The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point. – 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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Step back in time with The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Yosemite Valley from Inspiration Point.
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Inspiration Point, a lookout on the trail rim above Yosemite Valley, gives this stereograph its vantage: the viewer stands high and looks down the length of the valley floor. The card belongs to Carleton Watkins's New Series of Pacific Coast Views, issued in the late 1870s, and it carries the negative number 3093. Watkins was among the first photographers to document Yosemite in detail, and his large-format work helped shape how Americans pictured the valley as a national wonder. Stereo cards like this one were sold to parlors and read through hand viewers, so the pairing of two slightly offset images gave the landscape a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Original negative number: 3093. 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.)--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,915 × 2,534 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-269752 |
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