The Yo-Semite Valley (4060 feet above sea) from Mariposa Trail – Antique 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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This historic photograph of The Yo-Semite Valley (4060 feet above sea) from Mariposa Trail brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Yo-Semite Valley (4060 feet above sea) from Mariposa Trail
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The record places this view at 4,060 feet above sea level, labeling it as seen from the Mariposa Trail, one of the routes that brought early visitors down into Yosemite Valley. Photographed in 1870, it is number 1186 in a series of Yosemite views issued by the publisher William I. Marshall, and it survives as an albumen print mounted on a stereo card. Such cards were viewed through a stereoscope, which fused the two slightly offset images into a single three-dimensional scene. Yosemite had been set aside by Congress as a protected grant in 1864, and in the years after, its granite walls and waterfalls drew growing numbers of tourists, who bought views like this one as souvenirs.
| Created / published | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | 3524 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. No. 1186. Part of series: California - Views in the Yo-Semite Valley. · Marshall William I. (William Isaac) 1840-1906 publisher. |
| Subjects | Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,850 × 2,416 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-269739 |
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