Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...

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70 x 110 mm. Showing a woman holding a mountain lion cub.

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110 x 183 mm. A view looking up towards the summit of this rock face from the valley floor, with trees in the foreground. These twin towers of rock overlook the valley opposite El Capitan. Photograph by Fiske.

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109 x 182 mm. A view looking up the Merced River, lined on either side with woodland, towards the distant peak of Clouds’ Rest, which rises to a height of 9929 feet, the highest mountain in the valley.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...

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70 x 50 mm. A view over palm trees of the beach. What appears to be a pier is visible.

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70 x 50 mm. A view of three women sat on a stonewall. Exact location unidentified.

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70 x 110 mm. A view of an automobile parked in the tunnel cut through the base of a Giant Sequoia, the 'Dead Giant', the first tree to be tunnelled (1878). Two women and a man are stood posing.

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140 x 85 mm.

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85 x 140 mm.

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108 x 183 mm. A view looking up from the valley floor with the Merced River in the foreground, and the sheer cliff face of El Capitan rising behind.

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125 x 80 mm.

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70 x 110 mm.

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70 x 50 mm. The Gates of the Valley form the entrance to Yosemite Valley at its western end: El Capitan (left) and Cathedral Rocks (right). The Merced River runs before them.

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85 x 135 mm.

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48 x 68 mm.

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50 x 70 mm. A view of the road running through a tunnel made through two large rocks. An automobile can be seen in the distance, having just passed under them.

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70 x 110 mm. A detailed view showing large rocks which have been tunnelled into to allow a road to pass through them.

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50 x 70 mm. A view of a tree lined road. An automobile can be seen at the far end.

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54 x 54 mm. A view of the wharf, probably situated at San Francisco.