View up Yosemite Valley from the vicinity of Artist Point. Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California.
Dates
Date Taken
1923
Summary
Album caption: View up YosemiteValley from the vicinity of Artist Point. El Capitan on the left, the Cathedral Rocks and the Bridalveil Fall on the right. Handwritten notes on album caption: Photo by J.T. Boysen, according to Professional Paper 160. Published as Plate 3 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 160 (1930). Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, 1923. See also Matthes negative number 748. Index card and Plate 3 caption: At the left is the great cliff of El Capitan. At the right Cathedral Rocks and Bridalveil Fall. Through the portal between the opposing rock masses is seen the upper or main chamber of the Yosemite Valley. In the foreground is the lower chamber, flanked at the left by the Rock Slides. [...]
Summary
Album caption: View up YosemiteValley from the vicinity of Artist Point. El Capitan on the left, the Cathedral Rocks and the Bridalveil Fall on the right.
Handwritten notes on album caption: Photo by J.T. Boysen, according to Professional Paper 160. Published as Plate 3 in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 160 (1930). Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California, 1923. See also Matthes negative number 748.
Index card and Plate 3 caption: At the left is the great cliff of El Capitan. At the right Cathedral Rocks and Bridalveil Fall. Through the portal between the opposing rock masses is seen the upper or main chamber of the Yosemite Valley. In the foreground is the lower chamber, flanked at the left by the Rock Slides. The U shape of the valley is manifest throughout. Photograph by J.T. Boysen.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, Matthes, F.E. Collection.
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