Yosemite Souvenir and Guide
Yosemite, CA: Tourist Office, 1907. 113pp. Duodecimo [17 cm] Green printed wrappers. Binder's tape to backstrip. About very good. Gentle overall wear with tape to front hinge. Illustrated throughout including 25 full page views. Both fold-out maps present (Yosemite Valley and Routes to Yosemite). Advertisements at front and back, including ads for Fiske, Camp Curry, Southern Pacific, and Yosemite Valley Railroad. Item #10645
Early Yosemite guide book by Daniel J. Foley (1857-1934), who was active as a photographer and publisher fort many years in Yosemite National Park. He operated the Yosemite Falls Studio and published a weekly newspaper called 'The Yosemite Tourist' during the tourist season. First protected as a park in 1864, Yosemite is known the world over for its Big Trees, waterfalls, rock faces, and wilderness areas. “Yosemite Park... None can escape its charms. Its natural beauty cleans and warms like a fire, and you will be willing to stay forever in one place like a tree.” — John Muir.
Price: $125.00