
Merced River, Yosemite Valley
Albert Bierstadt (d. 1902)
1866 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
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Merced River, Yosemite Valley
Albert Bierstadt (d. 1902)
1866 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
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The Yosemite Valley from the Mariposa Trail
Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)
1865–66 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
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Nevada Falls, Yosemite
Albert Bierstadt (d. 1902)
1872 or 1873 · Oil on canvas
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Yosemite National Park, California] by Carleton E. Watkins, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP136840.jpg)
[Yosemite National Park, California]
Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)
ca. 1878 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Yosemite National Park, California] by Carleton E. Watkins, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP136856.jpg)
[Yosemite National Park, California]
Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)
ca. 1878 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Yosemite National Park, California] by Carleton E. Watkins, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP136820.jpg)
[Yosemite National Park, California]
Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)
ca. 1878 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Yosemite National Park, California] by Carleton E. Watkins, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP136854.jpg)
[Yosemite National Park, California]
Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)
ca. 1878 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
live![[Yosemite National Park, California] by Carleton E. Watkins, The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/web-large/DP136818.jpg)
[Yosemite National Park, California]
Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)
ca. 1878 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Cleared · Public Domain
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
View on the Merced, Yosemite
Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)
1861 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Yosemite Valley from "Best General View"
Carleton E. Watkins (d. 1916)
ca. 1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Yosemite legends
Florence Lundborg (d. 1949)
1904
In copyright
liveNo open reproduction
The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.
Yosemite Valley, California
Stephen Shore (d. 9999)
1979 · Chromogenic print
In copyright
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