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FOLEY, DANIEL JOSEPH. Yosemite souvenir & guide by D. J. Foley "Tourist" Studio, Yosemite, Cal. ... [cover title]. [Yosemite, Cal. "Tourist" Studio, May 1, 1902.]. 17 cm, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-110, 37 illustrations from photographs, 1 drawing (of Wawona), 2 inserted maps (folded), original paper covered stiff boards with green cloth tape spine, sewn. Second edition. The two maps are: "Map of Yosemite Valley," with "distances from the "Tourist" Studio-Office to points of interest in and about Yosemite" and "table of altitudes" printed on the verso and "Map of Routes to Yosemite" with "distances from Yosemite Valley" printed on the verso. Most of the photographs are attributed to D. J. Foley; others are by Fiske, Boysen, Taber, C. M. Belshaw, Putnam, Alan Dove, and D. H. Wulzen. This guide was published seasonally from 1901 until 1915. Each edition incorporated some changes in both text and illustrations. Contains data of historical value, including information on innkeepers and other valley businessmen, the construction of the Yosemite Valley Railroad, and other contemporary events. D. J. Foley, Yosemite publicist and photographer, was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1857. In 1892 he moved from Pleasanton, California where he published a newspaper, to Yosemite Valley where he established the Tourist Printing Office (later the Yosemite Falls Studio). In addition to preparing his annual Yosemite Souvenir and Guide, he operated a photographic studio and published a newspaper, The Yosemite Tourist, which was issued during the summer months ("as often as the travel will justify its appearance, sometimes daily, at other times only three times a week") from 1892 until July 1934. Foley died in September 1934 at the W. B. Lewis Hospital in Yosemite Valley. Typewritten title label added to spine panel, a bit of light staining and soiling to front cover, a very good copy. Much better than usually found -- when found. (#164866).