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Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond, ca. 1871- ca. 1878
BANC PIC 1965.028--STER
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Collection Title: Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1965.028--STER
Extent:
31 stereographs: b & w; 9 x 18 cm.
31 digital objects
Photographer:
Charles L. Pond
Collector:
Eugene Compton
Repository:
The Bancroft Library. University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Languages Represented:
English
Collection is available for use.
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish photographs must be submitted
in writing to the Curator of Pictorial Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library
as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must
also be obtained by the reader.
Copyright restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted
to research and educational purposes.
[Identification of item],
Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond, BANC PIC 1965.028--STER, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Digital Representations Available
Digital representations of selected original pictorial materials are available in the list of materials below. Digital image files were prepared from selected Library originals by the Library Photographic Service. Library originals were
copied onto 35mm color transparency film; the film was scanned and transferred to Kodak Photo CD (by Custom Process); and
the Photo CD files were color-corrected and saved in JFIF (JPEG) format for use as viewing files.
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1965.030--STER:
Title: Miscellaneous Stereoviews from the Eugene Compton Collection
Identifier/Call Number: BANC PIC 1965.027--STER:
Title: Stereographic Views from the Eugene Compton Collection
The Yosemite Stereoviews were donated by Eugene Compton circa 1965.
The Yosemite Stereoviews by Charles L. Pond collection consists of 31 stereographic prints taken from circa 1871 to circa
1878. Pond, of Buffalo, New York, was an active photographer from 1861 to 1881 and a stereograph publisher from 1869 to 1878.
Pond is exceptional among stereographers in appearing in many of his own stereographs, and may be the figure inspecting the
big trees in the "Mammoth Trees of Calaveras Co., California" series, a number of which are found in this collection. The
collection consists primarily of scenes in Yosemite, including views of Mirror Lake, Yosemite Falls, Vernal Falls, North Dome,
South Dome and the Cap of Liberty. Also included are a few scenes in Salt Lake City. Each of the stereographic prints bears
the photographer's number, and all were published in Buffalo, New York, and included in the "American Scenery" series, except
for one which is part of the "Instantaneous Marine Views, Lake River & Harbor" series. The
Yosemite Stereoviews by C.L. Pond are part of the Eugene Compton collection.
Printed captions are reprinted in the container listing. Captions in parentheses appear in manuscript on the stereographs.
Captions in brackets have been supplied.