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Image / Upper Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900

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Title
Upper Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900
Creator
Fiske, George
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of Upper Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900. A strong current of water rages off the edge of a mountain in a narrow vertical strip that sits to the left of center. The water crashes in rocks along the mountainside to create a mist at the bottom of the image. In the foreground, A dense foliage of leaves sits in the foreground while the rugged cracks and bumps in the cliff side are visible on either side of the waterfall.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 16 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10636
USC-0-1-1-10785 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-46576
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10636
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-46576.jpg
Subject
Photographers--Fiske, George
Photographers
Parks
National parks and reserves
Waterfalls
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
Source
1-60-137 [Microfiche number]
46576 [Accession number]
CHS-46576 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 5296 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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