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Title: MS 568 - Charles Bierstadt Collection, Stereographs from Yosemite, Ogden Canyon, Echo Canyon

Creator: Bierstadt, C. (Charles) (1819-1903)

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 01/24/2011

Four stereographic photos by Charles Bierstadt: Witch Rocks in Echo Canyon, View from "best general view" Yosemite Valley, Vernal Falls 300 ft high Yosemite Valley, Ogden Canyon, Utah.

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Born in Solingen, Prussia on November 28, 1819, and grew up in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Bierstadt was a photographer who specialized in stereoscopic views. His photography business was based in Niagra Falls, New York. He traveled the country taking photographs before returning to Niagra Falls, where he died in 1903.

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Acquisition Source: Laurence H Gardner II

Acquisition Method: gift

Preferred Citation: Charles Bierstadt Collection, Stereographs from Yosemite, Ogden Canyon, Echo Canyon, MS 568 SC, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West