Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley – Historic Reproduction
(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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Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley
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Glacier Point rises roughly 3,200 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley, and this photochrom captures the view looking out from its lip across the valley. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued photochrom prints of American scenery around 1899, worked from a Swiss process that layered hand-prepared color stones over a black-and-white photographic base, giving the cliffs and meadows a painted, saturated look. Glacier Point was a popular stop for early tourists, who reached it by stagecoach and on foot. The print was registered for copyright and later deposited, which is why the record carries its number and a 1949 accession date.
| Created / published | c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | 33916 U.S. Copyright Office Detroit Publishing Co., no. 50109. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | National parks & reserves. Yosemite Valley (Calif.)United States--California--Yosemite National Park. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,463 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217140 |
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