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Fifty mammoth-plate photographs of the Yosemite landscape are on exhibit at the Yosemite Museum gallery in the national park. The rare images are contact prints made between 1861 and 1880 from glass-plate negatives by famous photographers of the time, which include Carleton Watkins, Eadweard Muybridge and Charles Weed.
The photographers used 18-by-22 inch "mammoth" format glass negatives to make images. They used mules and wagons to haul the bulky cameras, plates, chemicals and containers to the locations where the photos were made.
The photos were shown around the country and helped gain support for the formation of Yosemite National Park.
The museum is next to the visitor center. The exhibit is open through Sept. 30.
Details: (209) 372-0200.
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