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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183 x 110 mm. A view with the Half Dome at the left of the picture, and cliffs and waterfalls at the right.

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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109 x 183 mm. A view looking across the clear, still water of the lake, which sharply mirrors the trees on the opposite shore and the cliff face which rises beyond.

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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203 x 305 mm. A view of the base of Wawona, the famous Sequoia tree through which a hole measuring 11 feet by 8 feet has been cut. A coach is passing through the hole, while two couples pose at either side of the tree. Mariposa Grove situated in the Yosemite National Park, contains about 200 giant Sequoia.

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214 x 157 mm. A group portrait of six men and one woman, on horseback in the Yosemite Valley. Behind this is a photograph of the group of travellers with A. Elsy among them, but since no key is given identification is impossible. A slightly murky print, due to under-exposure and probably taken by an amateur photographer.

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185 x 110 mm. A photograph taken from a similar viewpoint to Y3089C/67, looking through trees and along the length of the valley, showing the sheer rock faces that tower above the valley. El Capitan can be seen at the left of the picture with a waterfall opposite which falls into the Merced River in the valley, and with Half Dome in the distance.

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40 x 65 mm. A view of three women sat on a rock with the Falls behind them.

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40 x 60 mm. Showing Tymms with two women posing on rocks with the Falls behind them.

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60 x 40 mm. A view of three women sat on a rock very close to the Falls.

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204 x 300 mm. A view looking along a road on the valley floor, with this huge waterfall in the background. A man stands on the road in front of the falls, thus giving an indication of scale.

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110 x 70 mm.

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70 x 110 mm.

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95 x 65 mm. A view of three women sat on a rock very close to the Falls.

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108 x 183 mm. A view taken from the other side of Glacier Point, with this rock now at the left side of the picture, and looking towards the other end of the valley. The Yosemite Falls, with a total length of 2425 feet, can be seen on the opposite cliff face, dropping into the Merced River below.

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50 x 70 mm.

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49 x 70 mm.

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90 x 140 mm.

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48 x 69 mm.

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69 x 113 mm. Three people standing on a ledge above the drop.

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48 x 68 mm.

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48 x 67 mm.

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69 x 48 mm.