Title: "Wawona" - 28 feet diameter, 275 feet high - Mariposa Grove Author: Watkins, Carleton E. Place: San Francisco Publisher: Taber Photo Date: c.1864, printed c.1880 Description: Albumen photograph. 12¼x8¼", on period mount. Modern matting. The giant sequoia Wawona in the Mariposa Grove, a tunnel cut through the center with horse-drawn buggy driving through, a couple posed on each side. Captioned in negative strip at bottom with number A270 and credit to Taber Photo. Isaiah Taber purchased the stock of negatives of the bankrupt Watkins and sold them under his own name. Lot Amendments Condition: Old staining to mount, just touching the image at upper right; very good. Item number: 252976
Title: "Wawona" - 28 feet diameter, 275 feet high - Mariposa Grove Author: Watkins, Carleton E. Place: San Francisco Publisher: Taber Photo Date: c.1864, printed c.1880 Description: Albumen photograph. 12¼x8¼", on period mount. Modern matting. The giant sequoia Wawona in the Mariposa Grove, a tunnel cut through the center with horse-drawn buggy driving through, a couple posed on each side. Captioned in negative strip at bottom with number A270 and credit to Taber Photo. Isaiah Taber purchased the stock of negatives of the bankrupt Watkins and sold them under his own name. Lot Amendments Condition: Old staining to mount, just touching the image at upper right; very good. Item number: 252976
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