Yosemite Falls, California – 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic print of Yosemite Falls, California. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Yosemite Falls, California
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Yosemite Falls, one of the tallest waterfalls in North America, is the subject of this color photochrom print from about 1898. The Detroit Publishing Company made such prints by a process that combined photography with lithographic color stones, giving the scenery a painted softness that appealed to tourists who wanted souvenirs of the valley. Yosemite had become a federal national park in 1890, so by the late 1890s visitors were arriving in growing numbers to see its falls. The print was registered for copyright, which left an official record of its publication.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color. |
| Genre | Photochrom prints Color. |
| Notes | 346 U.S. Copyright Office Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51897. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | Waterfalls. National parks & reserves.United States--California--Yosemite National Park. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,132 × 1,451 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217145 |
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