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The Yo-Hamite Falls.
1855
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 31/Drawer 10/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists A-F GA 2007.03747
- Publisher
- San Francisco : [s.n.], 1855.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Natural landscapes—California—1855
- Landscapes—California—Yosemite Valley—1855
- Landscapes—United States—1855
- Waterfalls—California—In art
- Yosemite Falls (Calif.)—In art
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)—In art
- Americana—West (U.S.).
- Parks—California—In art
- Landscapes—Southwestern States—1855
- Landscapes—Pacific States—1855
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- The Yo-Hamite Falls.
- Call Number
- A Middle 31/Drawer 10/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists A-F GA 2007.03747
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcgx41mx10c
- Publisher
- San Francisco : [s.n.], 1855.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1855
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 59 x 37 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Lithographs
- Item description: First published illustration of Yosemite ever produced.
- Inscribed: "This magnificent scene is situated in the Yo-Hamite Valley near the source of the middle fork of the River Merced, Mariposa County California. It is the highest waterfall in the world - rushing over the precipice, at one bold leap it falls 1,300 feet, & the whole higth [sic] from valley is 2,300 feet."
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Natural landscapes—California—1855
- Landscapes—California—Yosemite Valley—1855
- Landscapes—United States—1855
- Waterfalls—California—In art
- Yosemite Falls (Calif.)—In art
- Yosemite National Park (Calif.)—In art
- Americana—West (U.S.).
- Parks—California—In art
- Landscapes—Southwestern States—1855
- Landscapes—Pacific States—1855
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/bf66f4c6-d819-4eea-83c8-2124184613f2/manifest