Grizzly Giant Section, Diameter 33 Feet, Mariposa Grove, Cal.

This postcard shows Yosemite Valley’s Cathedral Spires – two large towering pillars of rock, rising from amidst the trees of the valley.

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

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “On our way back to the hotel we pass Cathedral Spires, two narrow tapering pinnacles of rock, whose symmetry and grace suggest the wonderous [sic] architecture of the old world. Formerly there were three of these towers, but many years ago an earthquake broke one of them off and sent it into the valley far below. These rock get their name from their resemblence [sic] to the Duomo at Florence, Italy and they reach an elevation of 2660 ft from the floor of the valley.”

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.”

Charles C. Myers describes a series of twenty-two postcards depicting Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Valley in California.

Comments and Context

Some postcards described in Myers’s narrative are missing from the collection, while others are duplicated.

Collection

Charles C. Myers Collection