One of 30 mammoth-plate albumen prints of Yosemite Valley, Mariposa County, and the Big Trees, Calaveras County, California taken in 1864 by Charles Leander Weed and published prior to 1867 by Lawrence &amp; Houseworth.  Weed is widely believed to have been the first photographer to work in Yosemite.  For his 1864 photographic expedition to the Valley, Weed was equipped with a large camera and large glass plates, enabling him to produce these 22x28 inch mammoth-plate prints which won the first-place bronze medal at the 1867 Paris International Exhibition for their superior excellence. This complete collection sold at auction in 2012 for $374,500.
Photographer: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Leander_Weed" class="extiw" title="en:Charles Leander Weed">Charles Leander Weed</a> <br> Publisher: Lawrence &amp; Houseworth, 317 &amp; 319 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
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