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Object Number 995-26-00/1.33
Display Title El Capitan
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "El Capitan' Cliff. Yosemite Valley, California"; printed on photograph: "Photo by J. W. White, Boston / El Capitan- / - Yosemite -"
Department Photographic
Date before 1895
Artist J. H. White
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Yosemite National Park
Dimensions Overall: 23.8125 × 19.05 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
Label on object See notes and histories for inscriptions
Provenance
Collector Joshua W. Davis
Donor Friends of the Lincoln Library

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