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Three people peering through a spy-glass at the Glacier Point Lookout in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900
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Three people peering through a spy-glass at the Glacier Point Lookout in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of three people peering through a spy-glass at the Glacier Point Lookout in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900. Two women and one man can be seen from behind standing on top of a stone lookout. They are looking towards the right at mountains in the background. The woman at center can be seen looking through binoculars, while a wooden roof overhang can be seen at left. Photoprint reads: "A vantage point which offers one of the rarest panoramas in the world -- over the peaks of the High Sierras".
Asset Metadata
Title
Three people peering through a spy-glass at the Glacier Point Lookout in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900
Subject
Glacier Point (Calif.)
(lcsh),
Mountains
(lcsh),
National parks and reserves
(lcsh),
Natural features -- Mountains -- General -- Identified
(file heading),
Parks
(adlf),
Yosemite national park (Calif.)
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 16 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1900
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20832
Identifier
CHS-46342 (
call number
), CHS-46342 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24884 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20832 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14235 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-428 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
), 46342 (
unidentified no.
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24884
Unique identifier
UC130822
Legacy Identifier
CHS-46342.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.7 in × 14.0 in at 300dpi
32.4 cm × 35.6 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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