Clarence and Otto Langstaff took a series of photographs at Mount Rainier in the 1910s, packing in the heavy camera equipment and glass negatives of the day. Their wilderness images include carefully composed panoramas and summit views of the mountain, along with scenery such as lakes, rivers, ranges and historic park buildings at Paradise Visitor Center. Their detailed historic views of Mount Rainier topography such as ice fields and glaciers may be of particular interest to modern climatologists and geologists. The Langstaffs did not often sign their negatives, and it is mostly unknown to which brother an image is attributable.

This photo shows a view of the Tahoma and South Tahoma glaciers on Mount Rainier's southwestern face.