Wawona Road 1875/1933 – Historic Reproduction
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Wawona Road 1875/1933 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Wawona Road 1875/1933
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Wawona Road, the route that carried stagecoach and freight traffic from the Mariposa County foothills up toward Yosemite Valley, is the subject here, and the title's two dates suggest the scene was recorded or revisited across a span of about six decades. Early Yosemite roads were rough, steep and often closed by snow, so travelers in the 1870s faced a long, dusty climb by wagon or stage before reaching the valley rim. By the 1930s, the road had been improved and its curves widened for automobiles, a change that shows how quickly the park's access routes evolved. Worth noticing in the view is how the roadway was cut into the hillside, a reminder of the hand labor behind every mile of Yosemite's early transportation.
| Original scan | 14,458 × 9,819 px · prints to 48 × 33 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00010a |
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