Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, Cal. – Vintage 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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Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, Cal. comes to life in this stereograph, 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, Cal.
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Glacier Point is a granite overlook rising roughly 3,200 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley, and this stereograph captures the view from the rim that made it a favorite stop for early visitors. The card was published in Philadelphia by George W. Griffith around 1902, one of many commercial stereoviews sold in the early 1900s to let armchair travelers feel they stood at the edge of the valley. Such cards were viewed through a hand stereoscope, where the paired images merged into a single three-dimensional scene of cliffs and distance. Glacier Point was reached by a trail and later a road, and its drop-off remains one of the most dramatic vantage points in the park.
| Created / published | Philadelphia, Pa. : Geo. W. Griffith, c1902. |
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| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H23105 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 4706. |
| Subjects | Cliffs--California--Yosemite Valley--1900-1910. Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--1900-1910. Glacier Point (Calif.)--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 818 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133232 |
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