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Hetch Hetchy Valley as it appeared before it was transformed into a reservoir. Yosemite National Park, California. 1914.

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1914

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Yosemite National Park, California. Hetch Hetchy Valley as it appeared before it was transformed into a reservoir. Although only half as long and half as wide, the Hetch Hetchy bears a strong resemblance to the Yosemite in general form as well as in cliff sculpture. Kolana Rock on the right; a cliff resembling El Capitan on the left. Circa 1914. Plate 5-B, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 160. Photos mfe00228 and mfe00229 form a panorama.

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name photoLibrary mfe00229
number photoLibrary 24119
batch photoLibrary btch196
number_in_book photoLibrary 229

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