[Yosemite]. A small archive of items related to the Wawona Hotel, including:

A group of 5 photo postcards, 3 early 20th century photographs, 2 pieces of Wawona Hotel stationery, 2 travel brochures, and a stock certificate for the Wawona Hotel signed by E.B. and J.S. Washburn, architects and proprietors of the Wawona Hotel.

Together, 13 items. Condition generally fine.

The Wawona Hotel began its existence as the homestead of Galen Clark, one of Yosemite's earliest pioneers. With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 the region saw a tourism boom, yet despite this Clark was forced to sell the property to the Washburn brothers in 1876, who transformed Clark's original homestead into the first world class hotel of its kind in the Yosemite Valley. In 1881 the Washburns created the Wawona Tunnel Tree in Mariposa Grove which quickly became a beloved tourist attraction.

From the Collection of Jay N. Guerbr

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[Yosemite]. A small archive of items related to the Wawona Hotel, including:

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