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III. Visitation and Development
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24. Government regulations imposed
during the late 1920s and 1930s finally banned automobiles and campers
from using open meadows. The overflow crowd shown here camps in Stoneman
Meadow, May 29, 1927. Courtesy of the Yosemite National Park Research
Library.
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25. The larger Yosemite's visitation,
the more concessionaires, travel clubs, local business people, and
government officials insisted on modernizing park facilities, especially
roads. A steam shovel operated by the Bureau of Public Roads scoops
paving materials directly from the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, ca.
1930. Courtesy of the Yosemite National Park Research
Library.
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26. The new bridge across Wildcat Creek
on the Big Oak Flat Road, photographed December 2, 1939. Courtesy of
the Yosemite National Park Research Library.
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27. The ecological damage of road
building in Yosemite was generally overlooked. Esthetic damage, however,
could sometimes be masked or repaired. Here workers with the Civilian
Conservation Corps paint the scarred rock face above the west portal of
the new Wawona Tunnel, August 24, 1933. Courtesy of the Yosemite
National Park Research Library.
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