[Devil Canyon, California] – Vintage Print
![[Devil Canyon, California], [ca. 1868] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a2/a2f967b66bdd-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 rare historic photograph captures [Devil Canyon, California] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Devil Canyon, California]
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Few views from this period pair a rugged canyon with geysers, which suggests a volcanic and geothermal landscape rather than the granite valleys most visitors associate with California's scenery. The print is an albumen silver photograph made from a mammoth plate, a large glass negative that captured fine tonal detail across the scene. In the late 1860s, photographers working in the state sold such views to a public eager to see the new West, and images like this one helped shape how Americans pictured its natural wonders. The record does not name the photographer, so the image is best read as a document of its landscape and its era.
| Created / published | [ca. 1868] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Landscape photographs 1860-1870.Mammoth plates 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Plate 39. |
| Subjects | Canyons--California--1860-1870. Geysers--California--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 9,473 × 7,540 px · prints to 32 × 25 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif09997_DevilCanyonCalifornia |
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