Yosemite Falls from the Sentinel Dome Yosemite Valley Mariposa Co. – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Yosemite Falls from the Sentinel Dome Yosemite Valley Mariposa Co.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Yosemite Falls from the Sentinel Dome Yosemite Valley Mariposa Co.
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From the rim of Sentinel Dome, a granite summit on the south side of the valley, this 1861 stereograph looks across to Yosemite Falls, which the card's title identifies. The mount is stamped "Watkins Pacific Coast," linking the image to Carleton Watkins, the San Francisco photographer whose large-format views did much to make Yosemite known to eastern audiences. Stereo cards like this were sold in quantity and viewed through a hand stereoscope, which gave the falls and cliffs a sense of depth and scale. The card also bears the name of Marian S. Carson, a collector whose ownership is recorded on the mount.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Title from item. No. 1144. On mount: Watkins Pacific Coast. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1860-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,924 × 2,530 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 729_Yosemite_Falls_from_the_1861 |
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