Page last updated: October 21, 2022
All glass plate photographs by Harold A. Taylor. Digital images copyright © 2022 by Pinyon Publishing. No reproduction without permission.
Vintage Yosemite (2022): Glass Plate Photographs of Early 20th-Century Yosemite. (6"x9" paperback, 162 pages, ISBN: 978-1-936671-89-2, $35.00).
“I have a very warm spot in my heart for the Valley
and who knows but you might see me in the valley one of these days.”
—Harold A. Taylor (1878-1960)
Classic “first views” of Yosemite Valley: vicinity of Tunnel View and Gates of the Valley.
Historical images: Haymaking & Indian acorn caches
Upper and Lower Yosemite, Vernal, Nevada, Bridalveil, and Cascade Falls
El Capitan, Three Brothers, Washington Column, North Dome, Cathedral Spires, Taft Pt, Sentinel Rock, Sentinel Dome, Overhanging Rock, Glacier Pt, Half Dome, Mt. Conness, Cathedral Pk
Intricate compositions, from the Merced River to Tenaya Lake.
Grizzly Giant (photographed with Roosevelt and Muir), the Fallen Monarch, the Bachelor & Three Graces, and many others, along with historic cabin and road studies.
