Stock Photo - Yo Semite Falls, 2,634 feet high. Additional title: Yosemite Valley, 1602. Lawrence & Houseworth (Publisher). Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views United States States California. Stereoscopic Views of Yosemite Valley, California. Place: San Francisco. California Yosemite Valley (Calif.) Yosemite National Park (Calif.). This early stereoscopic view, taken in 1602 and published by Lawrence & Houseworth of San Francisco, depicts Yosemite Falls in the Yosemite Valley of California. The view shows a rushing waterfall with mountains in the distance and dense forest around the edge of the falls. The title also notes the height of the fall at 2,634 feet. The view was shot from the Valley Floor, as indicated by the rocky foreground. This view provides a unique insight into how the Yosemite Valley looked three hundred years ago, before modern development had a significant influence on the landscape.