The foot of Vernal Falls, Yosemite Valley
Artist
Carleton E. Watkins
(American, 1829 - 1916)
Dateca. 1865
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (7.94 × 15.56 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)
Mount: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 inches (8.73 × 17.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3710
SignedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "WATKINS PACIFIC COAST, / 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco."
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "The foot of the Vernal Fall, / Yosemite Valley Mariposa County, Cal. 67.";
On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "Photographic Views of California, Oregon, and the Pacific Coast general - embracing / Yosemite, Big Trees, Geysers, Mount Shasta, Mining, City, etc., etc. / Views made to order in any part of the State or Coast."
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