Joseph Nisbet LeConte Photo Collection

Joseph Nisbet LeConte (1870-1950), was the son of early Sierra Club member Dr. Joseph LeConte. Joseph N. LeConte, known as "Little Joe," was a noted explorer, cartographer, and photographer of the Sierra Nevada. He made his first photographs of Yosemite in 1889. In addition to his duties as the Club's High Trip photographer, he served on the Sierra Club board of directors for 42 years (1898-1940) and was elected as the Sierra Club's second president in 1914. In the late 1940s, Ansel Adams, who greatly admired LeConte's photography, printed for the Sierra Club four volumes of LeConte's remarkable photographs of Yosemite and the High Sierra.

South Dome in profile, Yosemite

South Dome in profile, Yosemite (1896).
By Joseph N. LeConte [# 120]

View down canyon toward Hetch Hetchy

View down canyon toward Hetch Hetchy (1894).
By Joseph N. LeConte [#171]

View North West from Mt. Whitney

View North West from Mt. Whitney (1895).
By Joseph N. LeConte [#267]

Yosemite valley view, with Helen and Anita Gompertz in the foreground  

Yosemite valley view, with Helen and Anita Gompertz in the foreground (June, 15, 1897).
By Joseph N. LeConte [#603]

Approach of line to Camp Muir

Approach of line to Camp Muir (1905).
By Joseph N. LeConte [#1543]

A total eclipse, Kings River

A total eclipse, Kings River (1906).
By Joseph N. LeConte [#1645]

Reflections in Lake Tenaya

Reflections in Lake Tenaya.
By Joseph N. LeConte [#1730]

Devils Post Pile

Devils Post Pile (near view).
By Joseph N. LeConte [#1760]

Rainbow Fall

Rainbow Fall (near view), (circa 1907).
By Joseph N. LeConte. [#1762]

View down gorge of Mt. Abbott

View down gorge of Mt. Abbott.
By Joseph N. LeConte. [#1893]

Nell and Charlotte among flowers

Nell and Charlotte among flowers.
By Joseph N. LeConte. [#2009]

Group on the Overhanging Rock

Group on the Overhanging Rock (1890).
By Joseph N. LeConte. [#10037]