The Sentinels, 315 feet high, diam. 20 feet - Calaveras County, No. 1090 from the series "California -- Big Trees"

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Quick Overview

Artist: John P. Soule / American, 1828–1904
Date: 1870
Medium: Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions: Each image: 7.9 × 8 cm (3 1/8 × 3 3/16 in.); Card: 8.5 × 17.4 cm (3 3/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: stereograph (albumen)
Style: 19th century
Place: United States
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Harold Allen
Accession no.: 1976.955

The American Fall, from below, No. 833 from the series "Niagara in Winter"
John P. Soule
1861/88 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006637
The Sentinel House, No. 1134 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"
John P. Soule
1870 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00007424
Nevada Fall (700 feet high), From Foot-Bridge, after Snow Storm in July, No. 1208 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"
John P. Soule
1870 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00007425
Yo-Semite Fall (2634 feet high), from near Hutchings', with excursion party, No. 1216 from the series "California -- Yo-Semite Valley"
John P. Soule
1870 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00007426