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Photographs of Yosemite Valley

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Description: Two photographs of the Yosemite Valley, California, with printed captions: "Valley of the Yo-Semite, From Mosquito Camp" and "Loya. Valley of the Yo-Semite." Both captions also include the credit lines: "Bradley & Rulofson, 429 Montgomery St., S. F., Publishers." and "Muybridge, Photo."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1872.
Call number: photOV 11462-11463
Creator: Muybridge, Eadweard (1830-1904)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Robert O. Dougan, 1992.
Dimensions: images 17 x 21 1/2 in, mounts 20 x 25 1/2 in.

[The Domes from Sentinel Dome, Yosemite]

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[Watkins no. 94] Signed in ink below print "No. 94" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Domes, from Sentinel Dome, Yo Semite."

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[The Domes from Sentinel Dome, Yosemite]

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[Watkins no. 94] Signed in ink below print "No. 94" and "C. E. Watkins." Written in pencil at bottom of mount: "The Domes, from Sentinel Dome, Yo Semite."

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Panorama of San Francisco from California St. Hill

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An early 20th century copy of an 1877 panoramic view of San Francisco, California, in eleven sequential photographs made by photographer Eadward Muybridge. This copy was made approximately 1910 by Martin Behrman (1862-1945), an amateur who collected and made copies of others' panoramic photographs of early San Francisco. Muybridge made the photographs from Nob Hill, and the view extends out to ships that can be seen in the bay. Details of buildings are clearly visible.

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Album of the Yo-semite Valley, California

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This album contains 30 reduced-size copies of Carleton E. Watkins' 1861 mammoth plate photographs of Yosemite and Mariposa Big Trees. The album was made by publisher D. Appleton & Company approximately 1865-1866, for sale to the public. The images in this album are 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches and have domed tops. The title page reads: "Album of the Yo-Semite Valley, California, D. Appleton & Company, 443 & 445 Broadway, New York."

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The Domes, Yosemite Valley

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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," Yosemite Valley

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Photographs of Yosemite Valley

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