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Title: Mr. Fiske looking at his second wedding cake in Yosemite
Creator: Fiske, George, 1835-1918
Date Created and/or Issued: [1897]
Publication Information: Yosemite Valley, Cal. : Geo. Fiske, photo
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 2012-1301.
Born in 1835 in Amherst, Massachusetts, George Fiske came to California around 1858. Worked a variety of occupations (clerk, farmer) before becoming photographer, settling in San Francisco. Eventually set up home and studio in the Yosemite Valley, living there year round. Married, first, Elmira F. Morrill, then later, Caroline Paull. He died in 1918.
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Portraits.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photographic print on card mount ; image 3 1/4 x 3 3/8 in. on mount 5 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.
Identifier: (C)001478093CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Fiske, George,, 1835-1918--Photographs
Photographers--California--Yosemite Valley
Pioneers--California
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)--Biography--Portraits
Photographic prints
Portrait photographs
Place: California
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)

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