The Cathedral Rocks, 3,000 feet high, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County – Historic Print
![The Cathedral Rocks, 3,000 feet high, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a0/a0601887c277-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 Cathedral Rocks, 3,000 feet high, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Cathedral Rocks, 3,000 feet high, Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County
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Cathedral Rocks rises above the floor of Yosemite Valley in Mariposa County, and this albumen stereograph captures it as photographers and viewers of the 1860s would have first encountered it. The Library of Congress holds only one half of the original pair, which was issued as part of the Gems of California Scenery series, numbered 1104 on the caption card. Carleton Watkins and other photographers working in the valley during this decade made such views for a public eager to see the Sierra wonders that had only recently drawn wide attention. Stereographs like this one were viewed through a hand-held lens, so the two slightly offset images merged into a single sense of depth along the granite cliffs.
| 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. 1104. 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 × 1,445 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115830 |
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