Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point, 356 Author: Fiske, George Place Yosemite, CA Publisher: George Fiske Date: Ca. 1885 Description: Light gray card mount 10x7". Photograph 7½x4¼". "Yosemite Falls (2634 feet) taken from Glacier Point (3200 feet)" written in script on card mount verso. "Geo. Fiske, Photg, Yosemite Valley, Cal" stamped in middle of card verso. George Fiske (1835-1918) was an American landscape photographer who apprenticed with Charles L. Weed and worked with Carleton E. Watkins, both early Yosemite photographers. Fiske and his wife moved to Yosemite in 1879 and lived there until he committed suicide in 1918. Fiske was living alone when he shot himself and he often told his neighbors he was "tired of living." Most of his negatives were destroyed when his house burned in 1904. After Fiske's death, his remaining negatives were acquired by the Yosemite Park Company and stored neglected in a sawmill attic, which burned in 1943. Lot Amendments Condition: Some chipping to card mount not affecting photograph; image very good or better. 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: 323117
Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point, 356 Author: Fiske, George Place Yosemite, CA Publisher: George Fiske Date: Ca. 1885 Description: Light gray card mount 10x7". Photograph 7½x4¼". "Yosemite Falls (2634 feet) taken from Glacier Point (3200 feet)" written in script on card mount verso. "Geo. Fiske, Photg, Yosemite Valley, Cal" stamped in middle of card verso. George Fiske (1835-1918) was an American landscape photographer who apprenticed with Charles L. Weed and worked with Carleton E. Watkins, both early Yosemite photographers. Fiske and his wife moved to Yosemite in 1879 and lived there until he committed suicide in 1918. Fiske was living alone when he shot himself and he often told his neighbors he was "tired of living." Most of his negatives were destroyed when his house burned in 1904. After Fiske's death, his remaining negatives were acquired by the Yosemite Park Company and stored neglected in a sawmill attic, which burned in 1943. Lot Amendments Condition: Some chipping to card mount not affecting photograph; image very good or better. 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: 323117
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