George Fiske
Album of Yosemite Views, 1880s
Photo album; albumen prints (25)
Each approx. 5 x 8 inches
Manuscript captions page rectos.
Manuscript captions page rectos.
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Album of photographs showing Yosemite in the late 19th-century, by the important Western photographer George Fiske. Albums like this would have been compiled by the Yosemite-based photographer (who moved to...
Album of photographs showing Yosemite in the late 19th-century, by the important Western photographer George Fiske. Albums like this would have been compiled by the Yosemite-based photographer (who moved to the Valley in 1879) and sold to park tourists as souvenir keepsakes. Sadly, the majority of Fiske's photographic output was destroyed at his home during a fire in 1904. The surviving negatives were acquired by the Yosemite Park Company after Fiske's death, but met equal destruction in a fire that ravaged their storage in 1943. Ansel Adams, who was introduced to Fiske's work as a young boy (and partially credited his images with Adams' own initial excitement for Yosemite), had tried to preserve the negatives, but was unfortunately ignored. Adams later claimed that had Fiske's work been rescued, he would have been revered with the likes of Watkins and Muybridge as one of the finest photographers of the American West. In the front of the album there is a pasted-in news article about a pair of Chicagoans who scaled South Dome, and Fiske's "Honest John" advertisement engraving is mounted in the rear.
Manuscript captions include: “Going to Yosemite;” “Yosemite Valley during a storm;” “Up the Valley from Bridal Veil Meadows;” “Bridal Veil Fall 900 ft;” “El Capitan 3,300 ft;” “Cathedral Rocks 2,600 ft;” “Cathedral Spires 2,200 ft;” “Mirror view of Three Brothers 4,000 ft;” “Yosemite Falls 2,634 ft;” “Upper Yosemite Fall 1,600 ft;” “Lower Yosemite Fall 500 ft;” “Sentinel Rock after a snow storm 3,270 ft;” “Sentinel Rock 3,270 ft. From near Union Point 2,300 ft;” “Glimpse of the North Dome 3,725 ft;” “The Domes from Moran’s Point. North Dome 3,725 ft. Half Dome 5,000 ft;” “Glacier Point 3,200 ft;” “Overhanging Rock at Glacier Point 3,200 ft;” “Half Dome 5,000 ft. and Glacier Pt. 3,200 ft;” “Half Dome Vernal and Nevada Falls. Mt. Clark and Mt. Starr King from Glacier Point Hotel;” “Mt. Watkins 3,000 ft. and Mirror Lake;” “Looking up the Merced River from near Tissack (sp) Bridge;” “Vernal Fall 350 ft;” “Profile of Nevada Fall 700 ft;” “Wawona. Dia 30 ft. Mariposa Grove;” and “Grizzly Giant Dia 33 ft. Mariposa Grove."
Manuscript captions include: “Going to Yosemite;” “Yosemite Valley during a storm;” “Up the Valley from Bridal Veil Meadows;” “Bridal Veil Fall 900 ft;” “El Capitan 3,300 ft;” “Cathedral Rocks 2,600 ft;” “Cathedral Spires 2,200 ft;” “Mirror view of Three Brothers 4,000 ft;” “Yosemite Falls 2,634 ft;” “Upper Yosemite Fall 1,600 ft;” “Lower Yosemite Fall 500 ft;” “Sentinel Rock after a snow storm 3,270 ft;” “Sentinel Rock 3,270 ft. From near Union Point 2,300 ft;” “Glimpse of the North Dome 3,725 ft;” “The Domes from Moran’s Point. North Dome 3,725 ft. Half Dome 5,000 ft;” “Glacier Point 3,200 ft;” “Overhanging Rock at Glacier Point 3,200 ft;” “Half Dome 5,000 ft. and Glacier Pt. 3,200 ft;” “Half Dome Vernal and Nevada Falls. Mt. Clark and Mt. Starr King from Glacier Point Hotel;” “Mt. Watkins 3,000 ft. and Mirror Lake;” “Looking up the Merced River from near Tissack (sp) Bridge;” “Vernal Fall 350 ft;” “Profile of Nevada Fall 700 ft;” “Wawona. Dia 30 ft. Mariposa Grove;” and “Grizzly Giant Dia 33 ft. Mariposa Grove."
Courtesy of Daniel / Oliver Gallery
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