<p><br> A well-dressed man overlooks <a href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/yosemite-national-park/">Yosemite</a> Valley, Half Dome, and the Sierra Nevada mountains from Overhanging Rock, which is at the edge of Glacier Point.</p>

Overhanging Rock


A well-dressed man overlooks Yosemite Valley, Half Dome, and the Sierra Nevada mountains from Overhanging Rock, which is at the edge of Glacier Point.

Photograph courtesy of National Archives

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