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Exhibits

McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 291

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 291
Description
No Caption: In this 1935 photograph, the opening of the Wawona highway tunnel frames the Yosemite Valley with El Capitan (the Captain) on the left, Bridalveil Falls on the right, and Half Dome in the distance.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
Yosemite National Park, California
Date
1935
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb10-291
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Wawona Tunnel View of Yosemite
Type
Still Image