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Willianson II, Mt. Shasta – Vintage Print

Willianson II, Mt. Shasta, [ca. 1870] — historic photograph
Willianson II, Mt. Shasta, [ca. 1870]. Historic photograph from the Yosemite collection.

(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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Willianson II, Mt. Shasta

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The title pairs a name, "Willianson II," with Mount Shasta, and the record tags the subject as pines in California, so this view appears to focus on the trees in the foreground with the volcanic peak beyond. Mount Shasta, rising above the northern Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range, drew many photographers in the 1860s and 1870s as railroads, surveys, and tourism opened the region. Its albumen print on a mammoth plate reflects the large-format negatives that gave landscape work of this era its detail, with long exposures recording fine textures in bark and foliage. The record gives no photographer's name, so the exact circumstances of the picture remain unclear.

Created / published[ca. 1870]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreLandscape photographs 1860-1880.Mammoth plates 1860-1880.Albumen prints 1860-1880.
SubjectsPines--California--1860-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan7,642 × 9,591 px · prints to 25 × 32 in at 300 dpi
Referencetif09999_WilliansonIIMtShasta

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