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Description:: View towards joshua trees in the foreground with the scenic desert cliffs of Red Rock Canyon State Park in the distance
Date:: January 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: The photograph shows Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls at Yosemite National Park. However, the photograph was mistakingly labeled "Vernal Falls." Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America.
Date:: 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Main entrance to Ketchaoua Mosque in Algiers. At the entrance, 29 steps lead up to a marble portico, with an octagonal minaret on each side (though only one is visible here). The Mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah, facing the Mediterranean Sea. Between 1845 and 1962, under French rule, the Mosque was converted into the Cathedral of St. Philippe, but was then converted back.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: View from a terrace at the Jardin d'Essais towards a circular pool and people walking on a long promenade. The Mediterranean Sea is visible in the distance.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Walkway and narrow, gradual staircase leading up from a small pool in the gardens of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso. A statue in the pool at the bottom of the stairs features several women in robes perched on a rock. Trees and small plinths line the sides of the staircase. This is the view up from the palace. The palace was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. The palace is located in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid.
Date:: [May 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid, Spain. The palace is in a baroque style. It was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. This view shows a gradually declining staircase, lined with small plinths and a lion statue. The stairs lead to a pool and a small statue of several women perched on a rock. The main palace building is beyond the pool.
Date:: [May 17, 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Narrow, gradual staircase leading up from a small pool in the gardens of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso. A statue in the pool at the bottom of the stairs features several women in robes perched on a rock. Trees and small plinths line the sides of the staircase. This is the view up from the main palace building. The palace was once the summer residence of the Kings of Spain, now it is open to the public. The palace is located in the small town of San Ildefonso, which is in the hills near Segovia, north of Madrid.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Three conical trees on a lawn in front of the ruins of St. John the Baptist's Church (later rebuilt adjacently) in Grosvenor Park in Chester, England on the River Dee. The park is in Victorian style and it has a Grade II ranking in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The conical trees are probably llex aquifolium (Lilly Gold English Holly).
Date:: July 17, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Geese around the Lake at Kew Gardens (The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). The Lake covers five acres and is artificial, formed by extending gravel pits which had been excavated to build the Temperate House foundation in the Gardens. Kew Gardens spans 121 hectares and serves as a research facility as well as a visitor attraction.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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