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Bridal Veil Falls California

Description: Image of a landscape view of Bridalveil Fall and Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California; a couple with a park ranger and a dog stand on a rocky outcropping overlooking the valley in foreground.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1881
Call number: priJLC_VIEW_004422
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Bridal Veil Falls, 940 ft. high

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View of Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite Valley, California, with the waterfall emerging amid a rocky mountain and trees below.

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Cincinnati, Ohio, and surrounding hillsides, as seen from a rocky hill, overlooking trees, fields, Covington, Kentucky, and Newport, Kentucky, in the foreground, and the confluence of the Ohio River and Licking River and Cincinnati in the distance; three men, a woman, and a dog stand at the overlook.

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View From Hawk's Nest towards the east

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Image of a group of soldiers manning a cannon on a rocky outcropping overlooking New River in West Virginia during the American Civil War; a log cabin in a wooded forest area next to the river bank visible in background below.

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Lower Falls, known as the Great Falls, descending into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, as seen from a rocky forested hillside overlooking the waterfall, with Native Americans in the foreground.

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Image of a group of soldiers lounging near a fire and in various states of repose on a rocky outcropping overlooking New River in West Virginia during the American Civil War; rifles with bayonets stacked against each other upright near seated men; river flowing through a forest landscape visible in background below.

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Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite

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These lantern slides depict urban, agricultural, and nature scenes of California in the 1870s. The slides acted as a visual accompaniment to real estate developer Charles Victor Hall's traveling lecture promoting California's resources and benefits, aimed to encourage New Englanders and Europeans to relocate to California. This collection is significant in its images of Native Americans in California, mainly in the Yosemite area, and views of prospecting and mining. The majority of the lantern slides depict scenes from northern California, including Yosemite National Park and San Francisco. Some southern California views are also shown, including San Diego and Los Angeles County. Other slides of interest are views of the California ranches of F.P.F. Temple, Ellwood Cooper, F.D. Bacon, Maria Sepulveda, L.J. Rose (and family), and H.H. Moore. Portraits of General John C. Fremont and actress Maude Granger are also featured in the collection. In addition to the lantern slides, three copy negatives depicting the logging industry are also included. The originals are not in this collection. A printing plate with Hall's portrait is also included in this collection. The images were most likely taken by several different photographers, including Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge, and Bradley & Rulofson.

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Bridal Veil Falls California

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