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032-003185460 Subject Forests

1. Photo 1224/4(119)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(119)
Title:
Yo-Semite Valley [giant sequoia]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of the base of the massive tree, with a tunnel carved through the trunk, and figures posed for the photographer. A sign above the tunnel through the tree reads, 'Dead Giant.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1879
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 1224/5(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/5(49)
Title:
Fukiage. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscribed and numbered Fukiage 469 in the negative. View looking along a road running between dense woodland on either side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1224/4(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(4)
Title:
Native House [Borneo?]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view of a tall thatched house, with skulls hanging in a line in front of the entrance and a group of men arranged for the photographer. Location unspecified, possibly Borneo.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1224/1(117)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(117)
Title:
[Forest and hill scenery, probably in the Kandy district.] Photographer: Scowen and Company, Charles T.
Scope & Content:
View of dense forest, with hills beyond. Photograph uncredited, but probably by Scowen and Co.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1224/1(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/1(67)
Title:
The Neilgherries. Coonoor. Photographer: Penn, Albert Thomas Watson
Scope & Content:
Woodland scene with a cascading stream.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1224/4(117)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(117)
Title:
Yo-Semite Valley. Mareposa [sic] Grove. The Grizzly Giant. 33 feet. Diam. Photographer: (?)Carleton E. Watkins
Scope & Content:
View of the tree known as the Grizzly Giant, the largest sequoia in Mariposa Grove, near Wawona in the southern part of the Yosemite National Park.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1224/4(118)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/4(118)
Title:
[Base of the Grizzly Giant, a sequoia in Mariposa Grove, near Wawona, Yosemite.] Photographer: Carleton E. Watkins
Scope & Content:
With a figure posed to indicate the scale of the tree.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
1 item