The Yosemite Valley from the old Mariposa Trail. – Antique Print
(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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The Yosemite Valley from the old Mariposa Trail.
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Few trails into Yosemite Valley were as old as the Mariposa Trail, the route that carried early visitors down from the south and that this card names directly. By 1879 the valley had been a state grant for about fifteen years, and travelers who could not make the trip themselves bought stereo cards like this one to see its cliffs and meadows through a viewer. The card belongs to Watkins' New Series of Pacific Coast views, with the publisher listed as William I. Marshall, who sold many of Carleton Watkins' Yosemite photographs. Its two slightly offset images give the scene a sense of depth that a flat print cannot.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Original negative number: 3091. 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.)--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,898 × 2,525 px · prints to 16 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-269753 |
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