Views of Yosemite, approximately 1869-approximately 1888

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  Yosemite National Park 1891

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  An album with 80 photographs of Yosemite National Park in California showing waterfalls, peaks, rock formations, and hotels. 55 photographs were taken by John Miller Hoffman and show the Wawona Hotel, Chilnualna Falls, Mariposa Grove, Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite Valley, El Capitan, Half Dome, Mirror Lake, and Stoneman House. There are a few photographs of a group of seven men and four women, one near the top of Nevada Falls and another around a tall cairn. 25 of the photographs were taken by George Fiske and show Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, El Capitan, Cathedral Spires, and Sentinel Rock, and Barnard's hotel.

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  Whittier family in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park

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  Whittier family in a car driving through Wawona Tree, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park.

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  Stereoscopic views of Yosemite Valley, California

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  Stereograph views of waterfalls and mountains in Yosemite Valley, California, from the series "Glories of the Yosemite, California," published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., including the following titles: Apex of the Three Brothers (#53); From the Top of Vernal Falls. Glacier's Point, 3705 ft. high, in the distance (#54); Sentinel Rock, 3270 feet high. From Mariposa Trail (#59); View on the Merced. Hutchings' Hotel and Bridge. Sentinel Rock in the distance (#63); View at the foot of Bridal Veil Falls (#70); The Three Graces, 3750 ft. high (#72); Cap of Liberty, 4240 ft. high (#87); West Mountain (#105); Eagle Cliff (#106); Leydig's Hotel (#117); Yosemite Falls, 2634 ft. high (#147); Mt. Watkins. From Cloud's Rest. Little Yosemite Valley (#183).

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  Travel album including Yosemite, New England, and Yellowstone

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  Album of amateur snapshots taken during trips chiefly in California, New England, and Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, from 1903 to 1905, with handwritten captions identifying the locaions depicted. The album begins with photographs documenting a trip to California beginning in the Yosemite Valley in May 1903 before progressing to Mariposa Grove, the Sacramento River, Shasta Springs, Sisson (Mount Shasta), San Francisco, the University of California, Berkeley, campus, including houses identified as "my homes," Santa Cruz, Monterey, the Hotel Del Monte, and the Santa Barbara Mission. There are images of New England and Upstate New York from 1903 to 1905 including Lake Pleasant, Massachusetts, Deerfield Valley, Connecticut, Charlestown, New Hampshire, South Framingham, Massachusetts, winter in Boston Harbor (1903-04), Lake Winnipesaukee, Seal Harbor and Mt. Desert Maine, and the New York State Capitol in Albany. There are also photographs from a trip in Summer 1905 to Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, with stops along the way in St. Paul, Minnesota, and at Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis. Of note are a few photographs of President Theodore Roosevelt's arrival in Yosemite, including one captioned "President Roosevelt and John Muir." The photographs primarily depict the natural scenery including waterfalls, lakes, trees, and mountains, as well as hotels, tourist destinations, and landmarks. There are also some images of ice skating, sledding, and sleigh rides during the winter of 1904-05 in New England. The compiler of the album is unidentified though there is one photograph of a young couple on horseback at Yosemite labeled "You and I."

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  Collection of California Views

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  A collection of 71 photographs with views of California, including the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara, and lanscapes in Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Grove, and Sunny Slope Winery in San Gabriel. The photographs of San Francisco show hotels, Chinatown, Golden Gate Park, and the homes of people like Governor Stanford, Mrs. Mark Hopkins, Charles Crocker, and J.C. Flood. Views of the Yosemite Valley show numerous waterfalls and rock formations such as El Capitan and Half Dome. All of the images except one are photographs by I. W. Taber; one image is a reproduction of an illustrations of a wagon drawn by six horses racing along a cliff, signed E.A. Rockwell and dated 1876 (Item 10).

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  Yosemite Falls, 2634 ft. high, instantaneous view

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  View of Yosemite Falls in Yosemite Valley, California, with the waterfall emerging amid a rocky mountain.

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