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Title:
The wildflowers of Yosemite National ParkCreator/Contributor:
Pillsbury, Arthur C. (Arthur Clarence), creator, photographer.Creator/Contributor:
Rolph, James, 1869-1934, former owner.Abstract:
Professional hand-colored photographs documenting numerous wildflowers found in Yosemite National Park, accompanied by typescript
captions that include common and Latin names of the plants, locations where they were found, and the date photographed. Many
images appear to be of plant samples photographed in a studio; others are taken in the field. First page includes a Pillsbury
view of Yosemite Valley.
Date:
1919 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWild flowers -- California -- Yosemite National Park -- Photographs
Botany -- California -- Yosemite National Park
Fleurs sauvages -- Californie -- Yosemite National Park -- Photographies
Botany
Wild flowers
Yosemite Valley (Calif.) -- Photographs
Yosemite, Vallée de (Calif.) -- Photographies
California -- Yosemite National Park
California -- Yosemite Valley
Note:
by Arthur C. Pillsbury.
Title on first page.
All captions dated 1919.
Per bookseller's description, album was once owned by San Francisco mayor and California Governor James Rolph.
Purchase ; From Margolis & Moss ; 2017.
The wildflowers of Yosemite National Park, BANC PIC 2017.070, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotographs.
Photograph albums.
Physical Description:
photoprint
103 photographs in 1 album : hand-colored gelatin silver prints ; sheets 15 x 10 cm, album 24 x 36 cm
Language:
English