Elderly bearded man reading a book in chair – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Elderly bearded man reading a book in chair, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Elderly bearded man reading a book in chair
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An elderly bearded man sits in a chair with a book open in his lap, a quiet, domestic scene that sets this picture apart from the sweeping valley views more common on this board. Photographers working in Yosemite in the late 1800s and early 1900s often made portraits of visitors, guides and hotel staff alongside their landscapes, and such images show how people spent their time in the park, not only how it looked. The record does not name the sitter or give a date, so the picture is best read as a glimpse of everyday leisure in a mountain setting.
| Original scan | 6,737 × 9,322 px · prints to 22 × 31 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 18943u |
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