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This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from a 1925 advertisement for the Southern Pacific Railroad’s service to Yosemite National Park, created by artist Philip Little. The image features a view of Yosemite Falls from Yosemite Valley and a group of tourists in stylish 1920s hiking outfits who are feeding a young bear cub.
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
The 13"x19" and 24”x36” formats are excellent image sizes that look great as a stand-alone piece of art, or grouped as a visual statement. The 24”x36” posters have a 1” white border. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of these frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online.
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HISTORY OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK & SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Yosemite National Park is an American national park in California. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an area of 759,620 acres, and sits in four counties – centered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north and east to Mono and south to Madera County.
Yosemite was central to the development of the national park idea. Galen Clark and others lobbied to protect Yosemite Valley from development, ultimately leading to President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Yosemite Grant in 1864. John Muir led a successful movement to have Congress establish a larger national park by 1890, one which encompassed the valley and its surrounding mountains and forests, paving the way for the National Park System.
Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD SERVICE TO YOSEMITE
In 1925, the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) operated service to Yosemite by connecting with the Yosemite Valley Railroad (YVRR) in Merced, California. Passengers traveled via SP to the Merced gateway, transferring to YVRR trains that traversed 78 miles along the Merced River canyon to El Portal, the railhead just outside the park.
The Southern Pacific mainline trains brought tourists from San Francisco or Los Angeles to Merced. The Yosemite Valley Railroad offered a dedicated connection to El Portal, taking approximately three and a half hours. From El Portal, passengers took motor coaches for the final, shorter segment into Yosemite Valley.
While SP provided the primary long-distance connection to Merced, the YVRR acted as the vital short-line "tourist" railroad taking passengers from SP lines directly to the park boundary.
By 1925, this was a popular, mature route, though it was approaching peak ridership just before the 1926 opening of Highway 140 increased automobile competition.
