Gates of Yosemite, from Bridal Veil Meadows

This postcard shows Yosemite Valley’s Half Dome towering over the area. In the foreground, a river runs, bordered by trees on either side.

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

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Here is the large rock called the Half Dome as we see it from the Sentinel Hotel, this is the highest rock of this vicinity, it is 9000ft above sea level and 5000ft above the Valley. its massive front is cleft straight down for a distance of 2000ft and the fractured face turned outward is polished by wind and storm. Milton wrote of “A Rock piled up to the clouds conspicuous afar,” and this describes the Half Dome as it dominates the Valley from almost every point.”

This postcard shows Yosemite Falls cascading down its cliff. A path in the foreground runs towards the falls, bordered on either side by trees.

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

Comments and Context

In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “The Yosemite Falls claim the distinction of being the highest waterfalls in the world, plunging down 2600 ft, the water seems as you walk toward it, to come down all in one leap. However it is in three parts. the first leap is 1600ft, then comes a series of small cascades amounting to 600ft and then the final leap of 400ft straight down. The rumbling of this mighty waterfall is like an earthquake and rattles the windows of a house a mile away.”

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