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Yosemite Falls, through the trees – Vintage Print

Yosemite Falls, through the trees, c1899. — historic photograph
Yosemite Falls, through the trees, c1899.. 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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Framed by a screen of tree trunks, Yosemite Falls comes into view as a pale ribbon dropping over the granite cliffs of Yosemite Valley. The photograph dates to about 1899 and is a photoprint copyrighted by H.G. Peabody of Boston, a firm that issued many views of the valley and sold them to tourists who arrived by rail and stagecoach. The record notes that its data come from a caption card and have not been verified, so the exact date and location details should be read with that in mind. Peabody's compositions often used foliage to hold the eye and suggest depth, a habit worth noticing when comparing this view with the open panoramas of the same falls.

Created / publishedc1899.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint copyrighted by H.G. Peabody, Boston. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,237 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-150465

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