Among the Rocks - View from the shore, at Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe – Antique Print
![Among the Rocks - View from the shore, at Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b136d83ebfcc-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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A window into the past: Among the Rocks - View from the shore, at Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Among the Rocks - View from the shore, at Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe
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Among the Rocks" frames a shoreline at Zephyr Cove on the eastern side of Lake Tahoe, with boulders in the foreground leading the eye out over the water. The print is one half of a stereograph, a paired image meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect, and the Library holds only one of the two. It dates from the 1860s, when the lake was drawing travelers from the nearby Comstock silver mines and San Francisco, and mounted scenic views like this carried images of the Sierra landscape into parlors across the country. The caption card lists the series as Gems of California Scenery, no. 670, though those details are unverified.
| 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. 670. LOT subdivision subject: Lake Tahoe. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,524 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115677 |
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