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Fiske albumen photographs of Yosemite waterfalls

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Title: Four albumen photographs of Yosemite waterfalls
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: Vernal Fall. #340. * Bridalveil Fall. #585. * Nevada Fall. #349. * Yosemite Falls. #326. 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