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Cascade Below the Vernal Fall, at Low Water
ca. 1867
Carleton E. Watkins
USA: California, San Francisco
Photograph on paper mounted on board
3 1/2"h x 7"w x 1/8"d
Gift of William Caleb Loring
88.38.69

Black-and-white stereophotograph or stereocard mounted on a yellow card, showing a waterfall emptying into a body of water from a rocky hillside. The waterfall is partly reflected in the water below. Printed in black on the front of this card is "Watkins' Pacific Coast. / 429 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. / Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by C.E. Watkins, / in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States / for the Northern District of California. / Cascade below the Vernal Fall, at low water. / 5(5?). / Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, Cal." Handwritten in pencil on the back of the cars is "FLS."