Photographs of John Muir

To locate publishable photos of John Muir, and to obtain permission to reprint, please use the following resources (all off-site links):

Where to get Photos of John Muir:

University of the Pacific Library John Muir Photographs - extensive digital collection representing all of the photographs of John Muir from the John Muir Papers and related collections.
Museum Collections at John Muir National Historic Site - National Park Service - photographs include portraits of Muir and his family, his Martinez ranch house and orchards, personal belongings, and specimens that he collected.
California Heritage Collection, Berkeley, California - (Do a search on John Muir for their collection of the Bancroft Library Portraits.
California Faces - Selections from the Bancroft Portrait Collection - (Offsite Link with search engine)
Library of Congress, The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Washington, D.C.
Colby Library, Sierra Club, San Francisco, California

Colby Library Online Catalog

John Muir National Historic Site, Martinez, California
John Muir Collections at University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
San Joaquin Valley Library System Photo Heritage Collection (search for Muir)
John Muir Image Gallery - Wisconsin Electronic Reader, Madison, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Historical Society - Includes "young" John Muir available for purchase

The images presented below are provided for educational and research purposes. This website's digital images come from a variety of sources. We are not able to provide photographs. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. The determination of copyright status and restrictions ultimately rests with the user.

John Muir circa 1893

Photograph from the U.S. National Park Service
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Muir sitting at his desk

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Muir circa 1893

Russ Finley took the slide from which this picture was scanned. It is slide #1 from his set JM-1, which is copyrighted, provided here by permission.
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Muir in 1872 while visiting in San Francisco

Bancroft Library Collection.
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Muir in 1890 at the age of 52

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A stereograph of Muir and Theodore Roosevelt in Yosemite taken from Glacier Point during their 1903 camping trip.

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A photograph of Muir at Mirror Lake in Yosemite

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Larger version - 300 kilobytes Photo from Library of Congress. See especially, The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920

John Muir Among the Pines
Sierra Club Bulletin, v 10, #1, January 1916 Facing page 40.

SCB caption: JOHN MUIR AMONG THE PINES â€œSun-fed mountaineers rejoicing in their strength, chanting with the winds, in accord with the falling waters.â€ â€“ Our National Parks
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John Muir seated in Yosemite - Photo taken by Professor Francis M. Fritz in 1907.
Photo from University of California Bancroft Library which houses the Sierra Club archives. ID #JM 33. Bancroft Library Photo Duplication Services Unit

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John Burroughs (left) with John Muir (right)

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John Muir in the Big Arroyo Camp, Kern Canyon, 1908
Photo by Walter L. Huber
Source: Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. X, Plate CXXXII.

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John Muir. Photo by Edward Hughes. Copyright 1902.
Photo from Library of Congress. Location: Biographical File
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-53148

Also Available: Full-size image: 72 dpi, 115x x 1486, 224 kb)

Copyright and Other Restrictions Which Apply to Publication and Other Forms of Distribution of Images: Sources for Information from the Library of Congress.

John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt on Horseback, Yosemite 1903
Photo from Yosemite National Park Research Library.

John Muir and and William Kent at Muir Woods Inn, circa 1909.
Photo from National Park Service Collection.

Other Photos:

Muir talking to a group at lower end of Tuolumne Meadows. Photograph by W. L. Huber, July 18, 1909 - from California Faces: Selections from the Bancroft Library Portrait Collection. Muir is shown holding a bread bag, as he so often wrote about, while everyone else in this photo is wearing a backpack.

Muir Portrait by Herbert W. Gleason October 1913.

For more historic photographs of John Muir, see:

Sierra Club Historic Photographs from the Colby Library
California Faces - Selections from the Bancroft Portrait Collection - (Offsite Link with search engine)

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For more artwork, see also John Muir Collectibles

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