Yosemite Narrative

This postcard shows Yosemite Valley’s Happy Isles, situated in the rapidly flowing Merced River. The white water of the river seems to be rushing by the trees situated on the banks and, in some situations, in the edge of the river.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “First we see the waters of the Merced River flowing among the Happy Isles where the many natural springs come bubbling up to replenish the [sic] stream.”

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection

This postcard shows Yosemite Valley’s Nevada Falls, where a river rushes off a cliff dissolving into a large plume of spray before landing in the valley below. Pine trees stand int he foreground, as well as on the top of the cliff.

The image of the falls appears to have been glued onto the front of a different postcard.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Next we pass the Nevada Falls where the great volumn [sic] of water comes down 600 ft in a compound curve and with a roar that can be heard many miles.”

This postcard shows Yosemite Valley’s Vernal Falls, where water drops 350 feet off a cliff to the ground below. The river rushes through rocks at the bottom, and is churned up into a mass of white water.

The image appears to have been glued onto a different postcard.

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Vernal falls is near by and is a thing of glorious beauty in the dark canyon where the water comes 350 ft in one perpendicular jump.”