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Title: The American annual of photography
Year: 1919 (1910s)
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Subjects: Photography
Publisher: New York : Tennant and Ward
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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nd on thesea of clouds. An electric train at the pier stands patientlywaiting. You hop aboard and in a few minutes you arewhisked rapidly along the shores of Richardsons Bay, acrossmarshes and then up to your destination—the station at MillValley. Mill Valley is often called the Little Switzerland of America,for it is here that the Mount Tamalpais Railway and a goodtrail take the tourists and nature lovers to the summit of themountain. Those of your party who do not feel equal to theclimb on foot can here take the train which for the price of aticket lands them at the Tavern near the summit. But thetrue, hiker will have nothing to do with the train. He likesto climb leisurely and stop whenever he feels fatigued, to takea snapshot of some giant tree or bit of hill or cliff that ap-peals to his photographic eye. The sky may be still leaden and a damp chill pervade theatmosphere at the foot of the mountain, but that should notdiscourage you, for when you climb high and reach a point 70
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71 above the fog belt which is at an altitude of 2000 feet or less,you will experience quite a pleasant change in the air. Rathera strange paradox again, is it not? Did we not learn in physi-cal geography that the greater the altitude of a mountain isthe colder the atmosphere will be ? Here Natures seeminglyinfallible law seems to be turned topsy-turvy. The mountain trail starts near the railroad station and a longflight of steps is the first upward climb. Then a road roundsa graceful curve of the shoulder of the mountain and plungesinto the midst of a shady grove of redwoods, live oaks,madroiio and bay trees which lend a romantic aspect andvariety to the landscape. The scenery now becomes more andmore magnificent as you reach the open road and obtain aview over the lower ranges of hills and rooftops of the town. Richardsons Bay opens out grandly as the higher levels arereached. You ought to see Mt. Diablo—which the Spanishnamed the mountain of the devil, slowly pushing his camel-ba

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