Nearly a Mile Straight Down and Only a Step, Glacier Point, Yosemite, California

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Description

This stereograph features a woman in a late nineteenth century dress, standing with her hands on her hips at the edge of the rock at Glacier Point at Yosemite Valley, California. A view of the cliffs, Yosemite Falls, and the gorge is seen beyond the point where the woman is standing. The publisher's name is printed on either end of the images and the title and copyright are printed along the bottom right edge. The back of the stereograph provides a brief history of the area and the a quote from an explorer upon first seeing the valley.

Publication Date

1890

Publisher

Underwood and Underwood

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Yosemite Valley (Calif.); Cliffs; Waterfalls

Geographic Location

Yosemite Valley, (Cal.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

stereograph: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Stereograph-43_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Americana Collection, Stereographs

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Nearly a Mile Straight Down and Only a Step, Glacier Point, Yosemite, California, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Archives and Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University