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The Memorial is the world’s largeest mountain carving and will measure 641 feet long and 563 feet high. The 1969 picture shows progress compared to the scale model as does the current photo. Click current photo to enlarge.
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Here is a face picture taken atop the mountain in 1990 with considerable progress shown in the second photo.
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This is an undated ariel view along with a current perspective taken from the ground.
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Finally, the pictures below show a comparison of the day of the first blast with an overlay showing an outline of the completed memorial.
Glacier Point
The Welcome Page can be slow to load so some people may have missed the Glacier Point comparisons. Access to the Point was available when this picture was taken in 1898 but it takes PhotoShop to be in the picture now.
Glacier Point 2
One step and it is a mile down to Yosemite Valley. These 3-D images are from 1893-1904 (click to enlarge).
WWII Soldiers
Prior to shipping out, soldiers gather at Glacier Point overlooking Half Dome.
Grizzly Giant
This is one of the largest Sequoias in Mariposa Grove, and it is estimated to be 1800 years old. Galen Clark was the first to count the trees and became their guardian for fifty years. He is seen in front of the Grizzly Giant in an undated postcard shortly before his death in 1909.
Wawona Hotel
The Wawona Hotel opened in 1879 and is located just north of the Maripossa Grove at the south entrance to Yosemite. The photo was taken by William Henry Jackson in 1898.
Stand Rock
H. H. Bennett (1843-1908) was a renouned 19th century landscape photographer who used his skills to promote the Wisconsin Dells area. He also invented the instantaneous shutter, and his studio continues as the oldest in the U.S. His signature photo shows his son in 1886 leaping onto Stand Rock. A German Shepherd now recreates the jump several … Continue reading