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No. 1074. On the Merced River, near El Capitan. -- Yo Semite Valley.

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 3

Scope and Content of the Collection

From the Collection:

Collection consists of 54 stereoview photographs of 53 scenic views of Yosemite and the California Big Trees. One photograph is duplicated. Stereoviews are mounted on yellow card stock and are all marked with the studio imprint of John P. Soule. Views include various lakes, falls, mountains and vistas found in Yosemite as well as the mammoth trees found in Mariposa County. Two stereoviews (no. 1069 and 1080) have a "table of contents" on their reverse which list the numbers and titles of the "California" series, "Views in the Yo Semite Valley" and "Big Trees of Calaveras Co.". Stereoview no. 1075 has two unrelated photographs adhered to its reverse depicting two streets in Boston, Massachusetts, following the Great Fire of 1872.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1870

Creator

Language of materials

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 54 items

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

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