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William E. Dassonville photographs of Yosemite

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Description: A collection of 12 platinum prints of Yosemite Valley, approximately 1904-1906, by California photographer William E. Dassonville. The prints are mounted on brown paper with handwritten titles in black ink on the back of the mount. Each photograph is signed by the photographer on the image. The views include Half Dome, the Three Brothers, Cathedral Rock, Mirror Lake, and waterfalls.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1904-1906
Call number: photCL 616
Creator: Dassonville, William E (1879-1957)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: In library as of 1991.

Photographs of Yosemite

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A collection of 13 photographs of Yosemite National Park made by photographer Herve Friend in 1906, showing waterfalls, the Merced River, and other scenic views of Yosemite Valley.

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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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Scenes in Yosemite photograph album

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1 photograph album containing 13 black-and-white photographs of landscapes in Yosemite Valley, California, taken by photographer Carleton Watkins in the 1870s. The images focus on the natural scenery including mountains, waterfalls, and trees. Each photograph is labeled with a typed caption pasted to the album page.

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Photograph album of Yosemite Valley

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An album with 48 commercial views by an unknown photographer of Yosemite National Park, including El Capitan, Glacier Point, and several waterfalls. Buildings shown include Black's Hotel, Casa Nevada, Cosmopolitan Bath House, Rock Cottage, and the Sunday School Chapel.

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[Half Dome from Glacier Point, Yosemite]

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[Watkins no. 101] Signed in ink below print "No. 101" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Half Dome from Glacier Pt. Yosemite."

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Yosemite travel album

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A travel album of snapshots and reminiscences in typescript pages documenting the camping trip of eight young women and men through Yosemite in 1909. The majority of snapshots are accompanied by captions in a contemporary hand. Views include the iconic Yosemite waterfalls, redwood trees, and geologic features, and show the group hiking, relaxing, riding burros, and cooking at the campground. The album begins with a two-page whimsical poem titled "To Yosemite" about preparing for the trip, and is signed Renette Felt. The back of the album has a nine-page typescript travelogue titled "Snapshots About Camp" (unsigned; presumably by Felt), followed by a three-page typescript titled "A Knocker's View of the Yosemite Trip or a Few Bum Jokes," signed by William H. Hughes, one of the travelers.

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William E. Dassonville photographs of Yosemite

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