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[Man seated beneath rock formation at the Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Man seated beneath rock formation at the Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.], [ca. 1860] — historic photograph
[Man seated beneath rock formation at the Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.], [ca. 1860]. Historic photograph from the Yosemite collection.

(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 rare historic photograph captures [Man seated beneath rock formation at the Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Man seated beneath rock formation at the Upper Yosemite Fall, Yosemite National Park, Calif.]

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A lone man sits beneath a rock formation near the Upper Yosemite Fall, and his small figure makes the surrounding granite and falling water look even larger. The picture dates to about 1860, a few years before Congress granted the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Trees to California in 1864. It reflects the early period when photographers hauled heavy wet-plate equipment into the valley. Views like this helped convince eastern audiences that the place was extraordinary and worth protecting. The record does not identify the man, so he serves mainly as a measure of the scale of the cliffs above him.

Created / published[ca. 1860]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenreLandscape photographs 1860.Photographic prints 1860.
SubjectsRock formations--California--1860. Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,647 × 3,737 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221742

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