Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond, ca. 1871- ca. 1878

Processed by James Ryan.

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

1997

Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond, ca. 1871- ca. 1878

BANC PIC 1965.028--STER

The Bancroft Library

University of California

Berkeley, California 1997

Finding aid and digital representations of archival materials funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed and encoded by:

California Heritage Digital Image Access Project staff in The Bancroft Library and The Library's Electronic Text Unit

Digital images processed by:

The Library Photographic Service

Finding aid completed:

February 1997

Collection Summary

Collection Title: Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond

Collection Number: BANC PIC 1965.028--STER

Extent: 31 stereographs: b & w; 9 x 18 cm. 31 digital objects

Photographer: Charles L. Pond

Collector: Eugene Compton

Repository: The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.

Berkeley, California 94720-6000

Languages Represented: English

Information for Researchers

Access

Collection is available for use.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond, BANC PIC 1965.028--STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Digital Representations Available

Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.

Related Collections

Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1965.030--STER:

Title: Miscellaneous Stereoviews from the Eugene Compton Collection

Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1965.027--STER:

Title: Stereographic Views from the Eugene Compton Collection

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

The Yosemite Stereoviews were donated by Eugene Compton circa 1965.

Scope and Content

The Yosemite Stereoviews by Charles L. Pond collection consists of 31 stereographic prints taken from circa 1871 to circa 1878. Pond, of Buffalo, New York, was an active photographer from 1861 to 1881 and a stereograph publisher from 1869 to 1878. Pond is exceptional among stereographers in appearing in many of his own stereographs, and may be the figure inspecting the big trees in the "Mammoth Trees of Calaveras Co., California" series, a number of which are found in this collection. The collection consists primarily of scenes in Yosemite, including views of Mirror Lake, Yosemite Falls, Vernal Falls, North Dome, South Dome and the Cap of Liberty. Also included are a few scenes in Salt Lake City. Each of the stereographic prints bears the photographer's number, and all were published in Buffalo, New York, and included in the "American Scenery" series, except for one which is part of the "Instantaneous Marine Views, Lake River & Harbor" series. The Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond are part of the Eugene Compton collection.

Printed captions are reprinted in the container listing. Captions in parentheses appear in manuscript on the stereographs. Captions in brackets have been supplied.

Container Listing

:1 El Capitan, 3,300 feet high. Yo Semite Valley, California.

Photographer's number: 600

Photographer's series: American Scenery.