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John P. Soule — The Sentinels, 315 feet high, diam. 20 feet - Calaveras County, No. 1090 from the series "California -- Big Trees"

John P. Soule

The Sentinels, 315 feet high, diam. 20 feet - Calaveras County, No. 1090 from the series "California -- Big Trees"

1870

Capturing the monumental scale of California's giant sequoias, Soule's stereoscopic photograph served both as tourist memento and documentary evidence of the American West's natural marvels.

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Albumen print, stereo

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Crescent Lake, at head of the Merced River, Mariposa Co., stereo, No. 1286 from the series "California"

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