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Airplane enters Yosemite Valley. Original print in over-sized photo drawer in RL. copied by J. Ernest, copied 1983

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Asset ID:

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Title:

Airplane enters Yosemite Valley. Original print in over-sized photo drawer in RL. copied by J. Ernest, copied 1983

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Airplane enters Yosemite Valley. Original print in over-sized photo drawer in RL. copied by J. Ernest, copied 1983

Description:

Airplane enters Yosemite Valley. This photograph was taken on or about July 20, 1921 and shows Chief Ranger Forest S. Townsley meeting the first child to land in Yosemite Valley by airplane. On the left, inside the plane, is Virginia Varney with her mascot "Fussy," her stuffed cat. Her mother, Aileen Varney, is standing in the center, the wife of Walter T. Varney who operated an early air taxi service. A copy of this image was published in Aerial Age Weekly, Volume 14 No. 3 (Sept. 26, 1921) P. 53. Original print in over-sized photo drawer in RL. Copied by J. Ernest, copied 1983.

Image Details:

Negative Number: RL_17283

Publisher:

U. S. National Park Service

Copyright:

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Constraints Information:

Public domain

Keywords:

history , transportation , airplanes

Controlled Keywords:

007.001-09, (Yosemite Hierarchy Number)
, History-Transportation, (Yosemite Series Description)

Resource Type:

Image

NPS Units:

Yosemite National Park, Code: YOSE

Locations:

Yosemite National Park, California
Latitude: 37.8399200439453, Longitude: -119.540397644043

Related Collections:

1031 Yosemite Historic Photo Collection

Create Date:

Undated

Content Dates:

07/20/1921

Source Information Description:

Film Size: 4 x 5

Source Location:

YOSE: Box 15

Access Constraints:

Public Can View

Photographer:

Unknown

Contacts:

Person: Archivist
Organization: US National Park Service
Address: Yosemite National Park Archives, PO Box 700-W, El Portal, CA 95318
Email: yose_archives@nps.gov

Time Submitted:

Monday, August 26, 2019 2:21:48 PM

Last Edited:

Monday, August 26, 2019 2:21:48 PM

Original File Name:

RL_17283.tif

Resource Format:

tif

File Size (bytes):

5.6 MB

Series Description:

1031 Yosemite Historic Photo Collection

Extended Description:

1031 Yosemite Historic Photo Collection

Contribution:

The digitizing of the historic photo collection was made possible through a grant from the Yosemite Conservancy

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Categories:

Museum

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