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III. Visitation and Development
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21. Turning their backs to Yosemite
Falls, guests swim and listen to live music at Yosemite Lodge, summer
1926. The Yosemite Park and Curry Company vigorously promoted every such
diversion from the natural scene, hoping that more amusements would
entice patrons to lengthen their stay. Courtesy of the Yosemite
National Park Research Library.
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22. Indian Field Days, 1925. Yosemite
Superintendent Washington B. Lewis poses with Chief Lemee (Chris Brown),
while a large crowd gathers along the racetrack in the background. First
held in 1916, Indian Field Days won Park Service endorsement as a means
of boosting Yosemite visitation. Courtesy of the Yosemite National
Park Research Library.
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23. Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., ca.
1920, just a few years before he accepted an invitation to serve on the
Yosemite National Park Board of Expert Advisers. Taking up where his
father left off in 1865, he further condemned purely commercial or
artificial pursuits in Yosemite Valley, among them Indian Field Days.
Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National
Historic Site.
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