Progressive Era: 1890–1920s: Progressive Political Reform
Click image to zoom in.Or view larger version. Half Dome (5000 Feet) and Glacier Point (3200 Feet), Yosemite Valley. 1880. George Fisk. Photograph, albumen print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Founders Fund.
This photograph shows a man sitting on top of Glacier Point looking out at Half Dome in the Yosemite Valley. Glacier Point is located on the south wall of Yosemite Valley at an elevation of 7,214 feet (2,99m). Glacier Point offers a view of Half Dome, which is a granite dome located at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley, and reaches an elevation of 4,737 feet (1,444m).