Crescent Lake, at head of the Merced River, Mariposa Co., stereo, No. 1286 from the series "California"

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

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Artist: John P. Soule / American, 1828–1904
Date: 1870
Medium: Albumen print
Dimensions: Each image: 8 × 7.9 cm (3 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Card: 8.6 × 17.4 cm (3 7/16 × 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.: 1976.961

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 Sentinels, 315 feet high, diam. 20 feet - Calaveras County, No. 1090 from the series "California -- Big Trees"
John P. Soule
1870 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00007423
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