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  1. Camp Curry's Fire Fall - Print, Photographic

    Camp Curry's Fire Fall, c. 1933-1938. Untitled postcard-sized print of the Glacier Point Firefall in Yosemite National Park. Print is dark sepia toned, printed on plain paper, and looks like a photograph that has been painted over or otherwise altered. Top half of the print depicts the Firefall, made up of burning embers falling from the top of Glacier Point so the appearance of a burning waterfall is created. Below the Firefall are several everg...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  2. Untitled [bridge near Yosemite] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of a bridge in or near Yosemite National Park, c. 1933-1938. Photo is sepia-toned and printed on glossy paper. In the center, partially obscured by trees on either side, is a single-arched bridge with a low railing over a shallow river. In the foreground, large rocks line the riverbanks. A girl or young woman holding a straw hat sits on one of the largest rocks near the photograph's bottom left corner. In the background are mo...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [bridge near Yosemite]
  3. Untitled [photograph of Half Dome] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Half Dome and several trees, c. 1933-1938. Black and white photo on glossy paper. Half Dome, a dome of granite with one side sheared into a cliff, rises above the rest of the landscape on the left side of the photo. Photo has been taken from an overlook approximately equal in elevation to Half Dome, and above the rest of the scenery. In the bottom right corner, in the very foreground, is a small grove of evergreen trees; th...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  4. Untitled [photograph of Half Dome from Glacier Point] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Half Dome from Glacier Point, c. 1933-1938. Sepia-toned photograph on matte paper shows Yosemite's Half Dome, a tall granite formation with one rounded side and one side sheared off into a cliff. Half Dome, in the center of the photo, towers over the rest of Yosemite Valley and hills in the distance. It rises up from a ridge extending from the photo's bottom right corner; the ridge is dotted with trees. On the back of the p...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  5. Untitled [photograph of Half Dome, Yosemite] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, c. 1933-1938. Photo is sepia-toned on glossy paper. A paved road and unpaved shoulder area with a wooden fence around it is at the bottom of the photo. In the foreground are evergreen trees, in the middle ground on the left side is a rocky cliff, and in the distance is Half Dome, a tall, rounded granite cliff. Photo has a narrow border of four parallel lines with Xes at intervals on each...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  6. Untitled [photograph of river near Yosemite] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph, c. 1933-1938. Sepia-toned photograph on glossy paper depicts a calm river, possibly the Merced, with many rocks in it. The river occupies the center and foreground of the photo. On both sides and in the background are evergreen trees, the ones in the background faded by the distance. On the back is a circular orange stamp for "OWL PRINTS" and a gray "c18".

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  7. Untitled [photograph of the Sentinel Hotel, Yosemite - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of the Sentinel Hotel in Yosemite Valley, c. 1933-1938. Photo is sepia-toned and printed on non-glossy paper. It shows the hotel, a long wooden building with wood columns and at least four peaked roof windows, and an attached smaller building that is similar in style. In the foreground in the center of the photo is a tree trunk, partially obscuring the buildings. On the back is printed a faint "A".

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  8. Untitled [photograph of Vernal Fall] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Vernal Fall, Yosemite, c. 1933-1938. Sepia-toned photo on matte paper shows a short, curtainlike waterfall from a short distance downstream. The waterfall, in the center of the photo, is partially obscured by trees; more trees in the foreground dominate the right side of the photo. In the bottom foreground is a thin, white-water stream, with boulders on either side. In the far distance, behind Vernal Fall and very pale on t...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  9. Untitled [photograph of Yosemite Falls] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Yosemite Falls, c. 1933-1938. Sepia-toned photograph on non-glossy paper of Yosemite Falls, a narrow waterfall spilling from high granite cliffs. In front of the falls are several evergreen trees, with one tree in the foreground on the photo's right edge. At the bottom of the photo are a woman and a young girl, both wearing white dresses and hats, with a car parked nearby. On the back is a faintly stamped "A".

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  10. Untitled [photograph of Yosemite Falls] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Yosemite Falls, c. 1933-1938. Black and white photo on matte paper shows the waterfalls in the approximate center, from a distance. The top portion of the waterfall is surrounded on both sides by sheer granite cliffs. Near the middle, the falls are obscured by shorter cliffs in the dstance, then a narrower waterfall reappears and then disappears behind a grove of evergreen trees below and between the falls and the photograp...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  11. Untitled [photograph of Yosemite Falls] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Yosemite Falls, c. 1933-1938. Black and white photo on matte paper of the waterfalls, with the top portion spilling out between sheer granite cliffs, the middle portion obscured, and the lower falls cascading down to the bottom of the photograph. The falls are framed on both sides by dark trees in the foreground.

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  12. Untitled [photograph of Yosemite Falls] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Yosemite Falls, c. 1933-1938. Sepia-toned photo on matte paper of the falls, taken from near the base at an angle that emphasizes the lower segment, with part of the upper segments of the falls obscured by the cliff over which the lower falls spills. The top of the falls is very faded and a bit blurry; the lower section is slightly darker in color, but still somewhat blurred. Small, bare branches can be seen along the botto...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  13. Untitled [photograph of Yosemite Falls] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Yosemite Falls, c. 1933-1938. Photo is black and white on semi-glossy paper, depicting a thundering white waterfall plunging down sheer granite cliffs. The top of the waterfall originates from a dramatic V-shaped dip in the cliffs on either side. In the bottom right corner of the photo are two scrubby evergreen trees.

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  14. Untitled [photograph of Yosemite's Tunnel View] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Yosemite Valley's Tunnel View, c. 1933-1938. Light sepia-toned photograph depicts the entrance to the Yosemite Valley, with granite cliffs on either side in the foreground framing the image. In the middle and background of the photo are granite hills and cliffs, with several of Yosemite's famous sights among them including a waterfall in the center and Half Dome in the distance to the left. The valley floor and foreground a...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  15. Untitled [photograph of Yosemite Valley's Tunnel View] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Yosemite Valley's Tunnel View, c. 1933-1938. Sepia-toned photo on glossy paper shows the Tunnel View at the valley's southwestern entrance. Evergreen trees line the bottom edge of the photo. Above them, on either side, are massive granite cliffs. The cliffs on the left are square and sheer, while the rock formation on the right is slightly shorter and has more of a triangular shape. Between them, partially obscured by the c...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite
  16. Untitled [Yosemite from Camp Curry] - Print, Photographic

    Untitled photograph of Yosemite Valley, c. 1933-1938. Photo is sepia-toned and printed on glossy paper. In the foreground, at the bottom of the picture, are three tent cabins, likely in Camp Curry. Behind and above them rise several evergreen trees, and behind and above the trees, in the distance, are granite cliffs and hills, including one that might be Half Dome from the back. Photo has a narrow border of four parallel lines with Xes at interva...

    Record Type: Photo

    Yosemite

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