Amidst Yosemite's charms--Sentinel Hotel, looking north across valley to Yosemite Falls, California – 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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A window into the past: Amidst Yosemite's charms--Sentinel Hotel, looking north across valley to Yosemite Falls, California, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Amidst Yosemite's charms--Sentinel Hotel, looking north across valley to Yosemite Falls, California
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Lead with what sets this card apart: it shows the Sentinel Hotel in Yosemite Valley, with the view turned north toward Yosemite Falls rather than the cliffs usually pictured. The Sentinel, opened in the 1880s, was one of the valley's main lodgings, and by the early 1900s it drew visitors arriving by stagecoach over the mountain roads. Underwood & Underwood, a New York firm, issued stereo cards like this one for parlor viewers, so the image was meant to carry the valley's scenery into American homes. The playful title, "Amidst Yosemite's charms," reflects the tourist tone of that trade.
| Created / published | New York : Underwood & Underwood, publishers, c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H15645 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Hotels & taverns--California--Yosemite Valley--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,278 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177838 |
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