L. W. Currey, Inc.

FISKE, GEORGE. [Yosemite Valley] Photographs of Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove [title supplied]. All images measure approximately 11 x 19 cm (4 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches). Mounts measure 18 x 24 cm (7 x 9 1/2 inches). Album with 24 albumen prints, each with caption handwritten in black ink on the mount below the image. All prints circa 1880s or later in an album made up in 1889 or later.1) "Instantaneous View of Upper Yosemite Fall. 1,600 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number ?03 [number partially obscured). Titled in the plate: "?03. Upper Yosemite Falls. 1600 ft. Copyright 1884 by Geo. Fiske."2) "Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls. Mt. Clark and Mt. Starr King from Glacier Pt. Hotel." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 360.3) "Half Dome and Glacier Pt. 500 ft. 3200 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 357.4) "Looking up the Merced River from near Tissaack Bridge." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 279.5) "Instantaneous View of Nevada Fall. 700 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 350.6) "Cathedral Rocks. 2600 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 312.7) "Yosemite Stage and Turnpike Co's Coach going down the grade into the Valley. Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 282.8) "Mt. Watkins 3000 ft. and Mirror Lake." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 367.9) "Azaleas." Not signed by Fiske or numbered in the plate.10) "Grizzly Giant, Dia. 33 ft. Mariposa Grove. " Not signed "Fiske" in the plate or numbered. Stock number 379 is handwritten on the mount below the image.11) "Big Tree Room. Barnard's Hotel. Yosemite Valley." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 594. Titled in the plate: "594. Big-Tree Room Barnard's Hotel Yosemite. Copyright 1884 by Geo. Fiske."12) "Instantaneous view of Lower Yosemite Fall. 500 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 424.13) "The Domes from Moran Pt. North Dome 3725 ft. Half Dome 5000 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 355.14) "Sentinel Rock after a Snow Storm. 3270 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 468.15) "Down the Valley." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 370. This image is also titled "'Spirit Land.'"16) "Yosemite Valley from Artist Pt. after a Snow Storm." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 553.17) "Cathedral Spires. 2200 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 416.18) "El Capitan. 3300 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 311.19) "Instantaneous view of Bridal Veil Fall. 900 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 585. Titled in the plate: "585. Bridal Veil Fall. 900 ft. Copyright 1884 by Geo. Fiske."20) "Yosemite Valley from Artist Pt." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 303.21) "Sentinel Rock from Union Pt. 3270 ft. 2300 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 354.22) "Instantaneous view of Vernal Fall. 350 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number obscured. Titled in the plate "??? Vernal Falls. 350 feet. Fiske."23) "Wawona -- Dia. 30 ft. -- Mariposa Grove." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 376.24) "Glacier Point. 3200 ft." Signed "Fiske" in the plate. Stock number 426. Titled in the plate: "426. Glacier Point from Valley. Copyright 1884 by Geo. Fiske."In black cloth album decorated in blind, stamped "Photographs" on front cover. A small manufacturer's label is affixed at bottom left of inside rear cover that reads: HOWARD ALBUM / Interchangeable Cards, / SCOVILL M'F'G CO., N Y. / PAT. JAN. 25, '89. LABEL REGISTERED." Album lightly worn at edges and rubbed, mounts a bit tanned and wavy, one mount has a tear and crease at top edge and several stains, only one stain touching the image and it can be removed; all other images are fine, or nearly so. (#166000).