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George Fiske Yosemite Photographer Author: Hickman, Paul and Terence Pitts Place: Flagstaff, AZ and Tucson, AZ Publisher: Northland Press and Center For Creative Photography, University Of Arizona Date: 1980 Description: 118 pp. Photographs, notes, bibliography, index. (4to) 12¼x9¼", dark maroon cloth, spine stamped in silver, photographically illustrated dust jacket. First Edition. Most of the images in this volume are from the 1870 to 1890. George Fiske (1835-1918) was the first photographer who was a year-round resident of Yosemite. In Yosemite Fiske established a long-running, though modest, photographic concession of landscape views and custom tourist portraits. He also began a routine for photographing the magnificence of the Valley, moving his equipment in a wheelbarrow, which he called, “Could Chaser.” In 1904 a fire destroyed Fiske's house and studio, as well as two cameras, two lenses, three quarters of his glass-plate negatives, and a large portion of his stock of prints. After the deaths of Galen Clark in 1910 and his wife Carrie in 1917, Fiske become very despondent. In 1918, facing dim business prospects and suffering intensely from a brain tumor, George Fiske committed suicide. He was buried next to Galen Clark in Yosemite's Pioneer Cemetery. Along with the negatives of Julius Boysen, a partner of photographer Arthur Pillsbury, a sawmill fire in 1943 is believed to have destroyed the remainder of Fiske's glass-plate negatives. Lot Amendments Condition: Near fine in Near fine mylar protected dust jacket. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 317199