California. Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with California. Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. 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.
California. Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley
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Mirror Lake sits at the foot of Half Dome in Yosemite Valley, a shallow pool that in spring and early summer often reflects the granite face so cleanly that the lake seems to double the mountain. Yosemite was set aside by Congress in 1864 as a grant to the state of California, one of the first times the federal government protected scenery for public use, and artists and photographers who came to the valley in the decades after were drawn to views like this one. Pictures of Mirror Lake from that era show how the valley was being framed for visitors, with its reflections and calm water treated as the essence of the landscape. The lake shrinks each year as sediment builds up, so the scene in this print is also a record of a view that has changed.
| Original scan | 2,995 × 5,809 px · prints to 10 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 17885u |
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