Mirror Lake in winter – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Mirror Lake in winter
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Mirror Lake is a shallow pool at the foot of Half Dome in Yosemite Valley, and this winter view records a stretch of it frozen over enough for skaters. The lake is fed by seasonal runoff and often shrinks to a meadow by late summer, so the winter scene shows it at a different scale than most visitors saw it. The photograph was copyrighted by J.T. Boysen, a photographer who sold Yosemite views to tourists, and images like this helped shape how the valley was pictured in the early 20th century.
| Created / published | c1911. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J1J0326 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by J.T. Boysen. |
| Subjects | Lakes--California--Yosemite National Park--1910-1920. Ice skating--California--Yosemite National Park--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,268 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-191762 |
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