Bridal Veil Falls and Three Graces, Yosemite
Collection: Landscapes
Title
Bridal Veil Falls and Three Graces, Yosemite
Subject
Bridalveil Fall (Calif.)
Description
On verso:
No. 277. BRIDAL VEIL FALLS AND THREE GRACES, YOSEMITE.
The Yosemite Valley is nearly in the center of the state of California north and south, and just midway between the east and west basins of the Sierra, here a little over 70 miles wide. The valley is a nearly level area, about six miles in length, and from half a mile to a mile in width, sunken almost a mile in perpendicular depth below the general level of the region. It may be roughly likened to a gigantic trough hollowed out in the mountains, nearly at right angle to their regular trend. Down the many side gulches or canyons descend streams, forks of the Merced, coming down the steeps in a series of stupendous waterfalls.
On the side of Cathedral Rock, which faces the entrance of Merced River into the valley, Bridal Veil Creek falls over a precipice 630 feet high and then forms a number of smaller cascades that together make a descent of 300 feet more. The fall is very beautiful. In its leaps the column of water is swayed hither and thither by the wind, and nearly dissolved into spray, which makes the fanciful name very appropriate. The Yosemite Valley Fall has a clear leap of 1,500 feet from the top of the cliff.
A8523
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
1898
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
277
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “Bridal Veil Falls and Three Graces, Yosemite,” Digital Canton, accessed November 24, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/579.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
Bridal Veil Falls and Three Graces, Yosemite
Subject
Bridalveil Fall (Calif.)
Description
On verso:
No. 277. BRIDAL VEIL FALLS AND THREE GRACES, YOSEMITE.
The Yosemite Valley is nearly in the center of the state of California north and south, and just midway between the east and west basins of the Sierra, here a little over 70 miles wide. The valley is a nearly level area, about six miles in length, and from half a mile to a mile in width, sunken almost a mile in perpendicular depth below the general level of the region. It may be roughly likened to a gigantic trough hollowed out in the mountains, nearly at right angle to their regular trend. Down the many side gulches or canyons descend streams, forks of the Merced, coming down the steeps in a series of stupendous waterfalls.
On the side of Cathedral Rock, which faces the entrance of Merced River into the valley, Bridal Veil Creek falls over a precipice 630 feet high and then forms a number of smaller cascades that together make a descent of 300 feet more. The fall is very beautiful. In its leaps the column of water is swayed hither and thither by the wind, and nearly dissolved into spray, which makes the fanciful name very appropriate. The Yosemite Valley Fall has a clear leap of 1,500 feet from the top of the cliff.
A8523
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
1898
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
277
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “Bridal Veil Falls and Three Graces, Yosemite,” Digital Canton, accessed November 24, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/579.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches