Artist

B.L. Singley

Nationality

American

Artist Dates

1864 - 1938

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Date of Work

c. 1899

Date of Work

1899

Medium

Stereoscopic Slide

Height

3.5

Width

7

Collection/Provenance

Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection.

Status

Stored: SS-Box-JSP-1

Location

UND Art Collections Repository

Additional Information

Black and white photo of three women sitting on an outcropping of a large rock formation. Of to the left hills can be seen in the distance.

Text on front left:

Keystone View Company

Manufacturers Publishers

Copyright 1899, by

B. L. Singley. Made in U.S.A.

Text on front below image:

5004 - Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley, Cal., U.S.A.

Text on front right:

Meadville, Pa., St. Louis, Mo., Portland, Ore., New York, N.Y., Toronto, Can., London, Eng.

Text on back:

Here, we see three venturesome girls standing on the great projecting rock at Glacier Point. With characteristic temerity, they are all standing on the overhanging part of this granite monolith (it is only 5 feet wide) looking over a sheer cliff of 3257 feet. The rocks shut off the view of the high Sierras, but one of the nameless rounded peaks of the chain, is visible in the far distance, At the lower left-hand side of the view, the "Cap of Liberty" near Nevada Falls, and three miles away from Glacier Point, is clearly seen. While away beyond, stretches the faint outline of "Little Yosemite Valley" in its course to the high Sierras.

A scene like this illustrates the invaluable virtue of being peaceable. What if those girls should get to quarreling and hair-pulling! Let us have peace! Next we see a little child, the loveliest of the flowers, in the midst of ten acres of bloom.

Condition

Very Good

Rights

Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”

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