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4 Fiske albumen photographs of Yosemite Valley

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Title: Four albumen photographs of Yosemite Valley and various rock formations
Author: Fiske, George
Description: 18.5x11 cm. (7½x4¼") or reverse, affixed along left edge to trimmed album leaf, otherwise unmounted. Signed in the negative and numbered.Includes: View of Yosemite Valley. #303. * Glacier Point. #287. * Agassiz Rock. #351. * View of Yosemite Valley and Falls from above. #356. George Fiske (1835-1918) was Yosemite’s first resident photographer, active primarily in the late 19th century. He learned his craft working with Charles Weed, who produced the first photographs of Yosemite, and later with Carleton E. Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge.
Heading: (Photographs)Place Published: Yosemite Valley
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Date Published: c.1890