(#168432) [Yosemite Valley] Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park. Orotone print, approximately 17.5x42.5 cm (7 x 16 3/4 inches). ARTHUR CLARENCE PILLSBURY.
[Yosemite Valley] Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park. Orotone print, approximately 17.5x42.5 cm (7 x 16 3/4 inches).

[Yosemite Valley] Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park. Orotone print, approximately 17.5x42.5 cm (7 x 16 3/4 inches). N.p. [Oakland, California?]: Pillsbury's Pictures, Inc., n.d. [early 1900s]. "An attractive early view of the rushing waters of Vernal Falls in Yosemite. Arthur Pillsbury (1870-1946) was an extraordinary photojournalist and inventor who set up a studio in Yosemite in 1907 with the goal of producing images that celebrated the landscape and inspired others to protect it. (When he realized that the wildflower population was declining in the Valley, he invented a time lapse motion picture camera just to capture their beauty and convinced the National Park Service to change destructive mowing practices.) Orotones, photos printed on clear glass with highlights of gold powder, were one of his specialties, popular for their intrinsic beauty and arresting depth of field, as seen in this example" (note courtesy of John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller). The image is fine. It is in the original wood and gold gesso frame which is a bit rubbed and worn. (#168432).

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