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Sierra Club Hetch Hetchy Restoration Task Force

Downloadable Photos for News Media

Historical and Contemporary Dam Photos are available here.

The news media, students, non-profit educational organizations, or and periodical publishers are authorized to use these photos in printed publications, digital "Power Point" presentations, websites, and in film productions. If you wish to use these in commercial book or film format, please contact us to negotiate specific terms.

Please credit the photographer and "Sierra Club" (or as noted) and notify us when you use these photos:

Harold Wood, Webmaster: harold.wood@sierraclub.org
Phone: (559) 739-8527

The items below include high-resolution graphic files suitable for publication in newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. A JPG preview for on-screen viewing is provided as the first item for each file. Please note that these are large files -- the file size is indicated for each photo.

Historical Photos

Looking Up Hetch Hetchy Valley from Surprise Point, 1908,
Photo by Isaiah West Taber
Source: Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. VI, No. 4, Plate XLVI, January, 1908.

• JPG Preview
• TIFF Format - Magazine scan - 300 dpi resolution - 3 MB
• TIFF format - 300 dpi resolution- 3 MB, 1119 x 677 pixels.
• Photoshop format - 300 dpi resolution- 3 MB
• JPEG Format - 300 dpi resolution - 3.5 MB

• 1911 Panorama of Hetch Hetchy Valley, photo by Matt Ashby Wolfskill, Library of Congress. Outstanding panorama of Hetch Hetchy Valley before the dam.
  Downloadable in various high-resolution formats. (offsite link)

Hetch Hetchy Landscape Garden, Photo by Herbert W. Gleason
Source: Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. VII. No. 4, June, 1910. Plate LXXXV.

• JPG Preview
• TIFF format - 144 dpi resolution - 1827 K, 930 x 652 pixels.
• Photoshop Format - 144 dpi resolution - 1935 K

Hetch Hetchy from Southside Trail,
Photo by Herbert W. Gleason
Source: Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. VIII. No. 3, Plate LV, January, 1912

• JPG Preview
• TIFF - 300 dpi - 1.9 MB, 1686 x 1176 pixels.
• Photoshop format - 300 dpi - 1.9 MB, , 1686 x 1176 pixels.

Wapama Falls, by Herbet W. Gleason
Source: Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol, VII. No 4, Plate LXXXVIII, June, 1910

• JPG Preview Thumbnail
• High-Resolution JPG - 375 dpi - 1 MB, 1424 x 2250 pixels.

Hetch Hetchy Meadow at Foot of the Trail,
Photo by Joseph N. Le Conte

• JPG Preview
• TIFF - 144 dpi - 3090 K, 1167 x 880 pixels.
• TIFF - 200 dpi - 5938 K, 1620 x 1220 pixels.
• Photoshop - 200 dpi - 6093 K

Wapama Falls from Hetch Hetchy Valley Floor, Photo by Joseph N. Le Conte

• JPG Preview
• TIFF - 144 dpi - 8554 K -
• TIFF - 200 dpi - 4448 K, 1075 x 1412 pixels.
• TIFF - 300 dpi - 9980 K, 1612 x 2113 pixels.
• Photoshop - 144 dpi -
• Photoshop - 200 dpi - 4659 K
• Photoshop -- 300 dpi - 10129 K

Contemporary Dam Photos

O'Shaugnessy Dam From Below, February, 2005,
Photo by Ron Good, Restore Hetch Hetchy

• JPG Preview (small)
• High- Res - 2048 x 1536 pixels (approx. 28.4 x 21.3 inches), 1.4 MB.

Please credit Ron Good, Restore Hetch Hetchy.

O'Shaugnessy Dam, 2003,
Photo by Ron Good, Restore Hetch Hetchy

• JPG Preview (small)
• High- Res - 2048 x 1536 pixels (approx. 28.4 x 21.3 inches), 1.4 MB.

Please credit Ron Good, Restore Hetch Hetchy.

Contemporary Photo of O'Shaughnessy Dam, Photo by Ron Good, 1998

• JPG Preview
• Large JPG - 144 dpi - 845 x 563 pixels, 1.8 MB
• Information Page

• Please credit Ron Good, Restore Hetch Hetchy.

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For more information:

• Sierra Club Hetch Hetchy Home Page
• Restore Hetch Hetchy - Campaign organization website

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