Yosemite Valley / Bencke & Scott ; L. Williams. – 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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Yosemite Valley / Bencke & Scott ; L. Williams. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Yosemite Valley / Bencke & Scott ; L. Williams.
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Yosemite Valley views of this era usually show only cliffs and waterfalls, but this chromolithograph also turns to Native domestic life. Philadelphia publisher Joseph Hoover issued it around 1873, and color lithography let a publisher reproduce a scene in many copies for a broad market. Congress had set the valley aside as a state park in 1864, and visitors were arriving in growing numbers, while the Indigenous families who had lived there for generations were often shown in such prints as picturesque figures in a landscape. Comparing the figures with the scenery shows how artists of the period framed both.
| Created / published | Philadelphia : published by Joseph Hoover, c1873. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Copyright by Joseph Hoover. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Domestic life--California--Yosemite Valley--1870-1880. Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,473 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218516 |
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