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Title
Yosemite's first rangers
Creator
Fiske, George
Date Created and/or Issued
1915
Publication Information
Mariposa County Library
Contributing Institution
San Joaquin Valley Library System
Collection
Photographs Selected from the Collections of the San Joaquin Valley Library System Member Libraries
Rights Information
This image is being provided as a contribution to education and scholarship. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. The determination of copyright status and restrictions ultimately rests with the user. For further information, or to obtain a photographic or digital copy of the original photograph, contact Yosemite Research Library, National Park Service, PO Box 577, Yosemite, CA 95389; phone 209-372-0280.
Description
Nine park rangers called the "First Rangers" of Yosemite National Park, shown mounted on horses lined up in meadow in Yosemite Valley, 1915; with Yosemite Falls in distance, and dog in foreground. Left to right, Oliver Prien, Chief Ranger; Charles Bull, Assistant Chief Ranger; Jack Gaylor, Second Assistant to Chief Ranger; Wayne Westfall; George McNab; Charles Leidig, first park ranger in Yosemite; Charles Adair; Archie Leonard; Forest Townsley.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.65 x 24.30 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt5489q3p8
mpd0046
Subject
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Photographs
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--History
Park Rangers--California--Yosemite National Park--History
Yosemite Falls
Yosemite Valley, Calif
Prien, Oliver
Bull, Charles
Gaylor, Jack
Westfall, Wayne
McNab, George
Leidig, Charles
Adair, Charles
Leonard, Archie
Townsley, Forest

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