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Identifier	ov064
Title	Palisade Glacier. Pedestal Rock
Creator	Mendenhall, Harry W., 1882-1952;
Date Created	1920s
Description	Rock, labelled "Pedestal Rock" on top of ice formation, Palisades Glacier, eastern Sierra Nevada. Caption on bottom of photograph: "Pedestal Rock Palisade Glacier." Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Background	The largest glacier in the Sierra Nevada, Palisade Glacier is located above the Owens Valley, and is the southernmost glacier in the United States. The photographer, Harry W. Mendenall, was the owner of the Camera Art Shop in Big Pine, California and a resident of Big Pine from at least 1910 until his death in 1952.
Type	image;
Physical Description	1 postcard : b&w ; 14 x 9 cm
Institution	Center for the Study of Los Angeles Research Collection, Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3w1022nb
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	Public Domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Language	eng;
Subject (Place)	Glaciers--Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); Palisade Glacier (Calif.);
Subject (Topic)	Boulders--Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.);
Form/Genre	Photographs; Postcards;
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/
Item/Call Number	J. D. Black Papers, CSLA-15, Series 3: Photographs, Subseries A: Photographic Postcards, Box 16, Sleeve 15