L. W. Currey, Inc.

FISKE, GEORGE. [Yosemite Valley] Photographs of Yosemite Valley and Big Trees of Mariposa county, Calif. By Geo. Fiske [album title]. All images measure approximately 11x19 cm (4 1/4x7 3/8 inches). Mounts measure 17.8x24.2 cm (7x9 1/2 inches). Album with 24 albumen prints, each with caption handwritten in black ink on the mount below the image, plus a photographic portrait of George Fiske. All prints circa 1880s or later in an album made up in 1896 or later.1) "Going to Yosemite." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 525.2) "General View of Yosemite Valley." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 555.3) "Up the Valley from Bridal Veil Meadow." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 304.4) "Bridal Veil Fall. 900 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 586.5) "Cathedral Rocks. 2600 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 312.6) "Cathedral Spires. 2200 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 416.7) "El Capitan. 3300 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 311.8) "Mirror View of Three Brothers. 4000 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 315.9) "Sentinel Rock after a Snow Storm. 3270 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 468.10) "Yosemite Falls. 2634 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 226 (? number blurred).11) "Upper Yosemite Fall. 1600 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 503. This image is titled in the plate: "503. Upper Yosemite Falls. 1600 ft. Copyright 1884 by Geo. Fiske."12) "Mt. Watkins and Mirror Lake. 3000 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 367.13) "Merced River near Tissaack Bridge." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 279.14) "Vernal Fall. 350 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 340 [? obscured in the white water on left].15) "Nevada Fall. 700 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 350.16) "Going to the Top of Nevada Fall." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number [obscured].17) "Profile of Sentinel Rock. 3270 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 354.18) "The Domes from Moran's Point. North Dome 3725 ft. Half Dome 5000 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 355.19) "Yosemite Falls and Glacier Point 2684 ft. 3200 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 356.20) "Overhanging Rock at Glacier Point. 3200 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 287.21) "Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls. Mt. Clark and Mt. Starr King from Glacier Point." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 360.22) "Wawona Mariposa Grove. Dia. 27 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 376.23) "Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove. Dia. 33 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 379.24) "Yosemite Valley, Calif." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 594. This image is titled in the plate: "594. Big Tree Room. Sentinel Hotel."25) "Photographic Portrait of George Fiske" [title supplied]. Three-quarter length photograph of George Fiske, signed "Yours Truly, / Geo. Fiske" on the mount under the image. Mounted on the verso of plate 24.In brown cloth album decorated in blind, with label printed in black and gold affixed to front cover: "Photographs of Yosemite / Valley and Big Trees of / Mariposa County, Calif. / BY GEO. FISKE." A small manufacturer's label is affixed at top left of inside rear cover that reads: "The Regent Album. / Patented Feb. 4th, 1896. / Interchangeable Leaves. / FELIX REIFSCHNEIDER, / NEW YORK, U. S. A." An image of Fiske's trade card featuring his burro, "Honest John" is affixed to the inside rear cover. Album lightly worn at spine ends, mounts a bit tanned and wavy; images of Yosemite are fine; portrait of Fiske is scratched. (#165999).