Prickly Pear, or Cactus, San Jose Valley – Historic Print
![Prickly Pear, or Cactus, San Jose Valley, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d8/d8644e87c786-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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Prickly Pear, or Cactus, San Jose Valley comes to life in this historic photograph, 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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Prickly Pear, or Cactus, San Jose Valley
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Rather than a mountain, town, or valley vista, this print takes a prickly pear cactus as its subject, which sets it apart from most views in the *Gems of California Scenery* series. It is one half of a stereograph pair, catalogued as number 76 and published around 1866, and the Library holds only this single print. Albumen prints like this were mounted on card and viewed through a stereoscope, which gave Victorian audiences a sense of depth and brought distant western landscapes into the parlor. The location is given as the San Jose Valley, though that detail comes from an old caption card and has not been independently verified.
| 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. 76. LOT subdivision subject: Cactus. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,447 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115749 |
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