The South Dome, 6,000 feet high, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County – Historic Reproduction
![The South Dome, 6,000 feet high, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/83/831b0a0f2932-L.webp)
(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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The South Dome, 6,000 feet high, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County
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The caption on this albumen print names the South Dome, a granite face in Yosemite Valley that the card gives as 6,000 feet high, a figure the record itself flags as unverified. Its title and series number, Gems of California Scenery no. 1115, show it was sold as a stereograph, a card printed to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. The Library holds only one half of the original pair. The image dates to about 1866, a few years after Congress set aside Yosemite Valley for public use in 1864, when stereo views of the valley were among the most popular ways Americans saw the Sierra Nevada.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1115. LOT subdivision subject: Yosemite Valley. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,462 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115793 |
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