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(California - Yosemite) El Capitan, Yosemite [with] Yosemite National Park [and] Bridal Veil Falls Place Published: Yosemite Publisher: Pillsbury Picture Company; Wide World Photo Date Published: Early 1900's; 1952; c.1916 Description: 3 gelatin silver prints. Includes: El Capitan, Yosemite by Arthur Clarence Pillsbury. 35.5x28 cm (14x11"). Negative no. 14468. Yosemite National Park by Wide World Photo studio. 22.8x18.3 cm (9x7¼"). Bridal Veil Falls by Arthur Clarence Pillsbury. Real photo postcard. 13.8x18.5 cm (5½x7¼") Wide World Photo is captioned on verso, "This night shot in Yosemite Valley shows the firefall, which has been a feature of the park's summer nights since 1872. Across the Valley from atop Glacier Point, 3,254 feet up, a stream of glowing red fir bark embers lights up the darkness as it descends toward a ledge of 1,000 feet below. The embers are pushed over the Valley rim from a bonfire that was started two hours earlier. The firefall takes place at 9 o'clock. Roto - July 20, 1952". With Wide World stamp on verso. Condition: A few closed tears to Pillsbury El Capitan photograph, lower corners chipped (not affecting image), a few creases and instances of light wear; good. Firefall photograph very good, showing light wear. Bridal Veil Falls photograph with some silvering; overall very good. Item#: 356376 Headline: Three photographs of Yosemite (2 by Pillsbury)