The Giant Stairway, with Vernal Falls on the lower step and Nevada Falls on the upper step. Taken from Glacier Point in Yosemite. A38

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Description

Title
The Giant Stairway, with Vernal Falls on the lower step and Nevada Falls on the upper step. Taken from Glacier Point in Yosemite. A38
Contributor
Burgermeister, Frances, 1881-1942
Published / Created
undated
Abstract

Emil Burgermeister, mountaineer, who with his wife Fanny trekked through the national parks and forests of California, Oregon, and Washington from the 1910s through the early 1930s.

Description
Geographic views identified after the Burgermeister's death by Oliver Kehrlein, a mountaineer-photographer.
Extent
1 lantern slide
10.1 x 8.2 cm.
b&w

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA Photos 240
Collection Title
Emil Burgermeister mountaineering views of California and Washington
Collection / Other Creator
Burgermeister, Emil, 1874-1957
Collection Created
1906-1923
Container / Volume
Box 3

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Lantern slides
Photographic prints
Photographs
Subject (Geographic)
California--Pictorial works.
Glacier Point. (Calif.)--Pi
Nevada Fall (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
United States--West (U.S.)
Vernal Falls (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Yosemite National Park (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name)
Burgermeister, Frances, 1881-1942
Subject (Topic)
Landscape photography--United States.
Mountaineering--West (U.S.)--Pictorial works.
Mountains.
National parks and reserves--United States--Pictorial works.
Waterfalls--United States--Pictorial works

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
4331273
Object ID (OID)
2017216

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