Mirror Lake Yosemite. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Mirror Lake Yosemite.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Mirror Lake Yosemite.
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Mirror Lake is a small, shallow pool at the foot of Half Dome, and its still surface is what gives this stereograph its name and much of its appeal. Carleton Watkins, the photographer most associated with early Yosemite views, made his large-format negatives of the valley in the 1860s and 1870s, and this card belongs to the New Series of Pacific Coast Views that Watkins sold in stereo format. Published by William I. Marshall, it reflects how the valley's scenery reached parlors across the country as a popular way to see the West without travelling there.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Original negative number: 3086. Title from item. Part of series: Watkins New Series [of Pacific Coast Views]. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher. |
| Subjects | Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,889 × 2,495 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1347_Mirror_Lake_Yosemite_1879 |
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