Author: EPHEMERA [YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK] [GRIZZLY GIANT SEQUOIA], [SEQUOIA TREES][GEORGE FISKE, PHOTOGRAPHER] [MUSIC] [CELLISTS] [PHOTOGRAPHY] [WAWONA, CA]
Title: Photograph of Max Steindel (Cellist of St. Louis Symphony) at the Grizzly Giant Sequoia at Wawona, Ca in the Style of George Fiske
Description: Wawona, CA, 1912. Photograph. Photographs; 9 14/16" x 7 15/16" photograph (including board) from c1912 of cellist Max Steindel and friend (possibly Pietro Marino, the concert master) in a buckboard in front of the Grizzly Giant Sequoia in Wawona, CA. This photograph is in the style of George Fiske(in the style of because I can't difinitively state that the photograph is BY George Fiske, though it was in a group of photographs, that focused on Yosemite, some of which were attributable to George Fiske. ) The photograph is signed by Steindel on the front bottom edge of the board. The photograph is in very clean, bright condition." The Grizzly Giant is the oldest sequoia in the Mariposa Grove, the largest giant sequoia grove in Yosemite National Park, with several hundred mature specimens. At one time, the Grizzly Giant was considered the oldest and largest tree in the world, aged between 2,000 and 3,000 years. In 2019, refined scientific dating methods resulted in a new age estimate for the Grizzly Giant: 2,995 years old (plus or minus 250 years). " (from Wikipedia) ""Max Steindel, a twenty-one-year old cellist, came in as Principal in 1912. A member of a family highly regarded in professional music circles, Steindel had an uncle and a brother in the Theodore Thomas Orchestra. Except for a short hiatus during World War I, Steindel was to remain with the Saint Louis Orchestra for over forty years." " ( Celloheaven website). Very Good+ .

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