Apr 15, 2002 - Sale 1931

Sale 1931 - Lot 97

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
WATKINS, CARLETON E./TABER, ISAIAH<>
"Section of the 'Grizzly Giant,' 33 feet diameter, Mariposa Grove, California." Albumen print, with the caption and Taber Photo credit in the negative; mounted. 1866; printed 1880s

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This image shows Watkins's guide and park caretaker, Galen Clark, posing with the massive Sequoia. Taber Photo purchased this negative from Watkins when Watkins went bankrupt. A variant of this image is reproduced in <