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Title
On the point of Glacier Rock, suspended above a 3200 feet Chasm, Yosemite Valley, Cal.
Contributor
Underwood & Underwood
Works and Sun Sculpture Studios
Date Created and/or Issued
c1901
Publication Information
New York : Underwood & Underwood
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
STEREO-2832
IN BOXED SET: VAULT *c917.94 U56
Individual stereos in: Stereoscopic views of California.
Box title: Seeing California through the stereoscope.
Gray mount.
From the left a massive ledge, composed of layers of rocks with two rocks on top, thrusts diagonally into the photograph; on top of the farthest rock sits a man; behind him in a group are four men and two women; the women are clothed in dresses and hats, the men in suits and hats; to the right below Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls can be seen in the distance as they cascade down; in the background rolling mountains create the horizon.
"Works and Sun Sculpture Studios."
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph ; 3 1/2 x 7 in.
Identifier
(C)001392241CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-5581
Subject
Rock formations--California--Yosemite Valley
Waterfalls--California--Yosemite Valley
Mountains--California--Mariposa County
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Photographs
Stereographs
Photographic prints
Landscape photographs
Place
California
Yosemite Valley
Mariposa County
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)

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