The Yosemite Fall, 2,634 feet high, near view, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County – Vintage Print
![The Yosemite Fall, 2,634 feet high, near view, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9f/9fe13fbd8aab-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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This historic photograph of The Yosemite Fall, 2,634 feet high, near view, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Yosemite Fall, 2,634 feet high, near view, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County
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The caption card for this albumen stereograph gives the height of Yosemite Fall as 2,634 feet and describes a near view of the cascade in Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, though that figure is recorded as unverified. The picture dates to 1866, two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the 1864 act that granted the valley to California for public use, when visitors were just beginning to treat the falls as a national curiosity. The Library holds only one half of the original stereo pair, so the scene appears without the second image that would have given it depth.
| 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. 1112. 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 × 1,472 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115798 |
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