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Albumen photograph, 8 x 12.25 in., on 13.5 x 16.5 in. mount, credit to I. W. Taber, San Francisco, in the negative at lower right and at lower left the title A 62 - Section of the "Grizzly Giant," 33 feet diameter, Mariposa Grove, Cal. Isaiah West Taber (1830-1912) likely made this negative in the early 1860s, but printed and sold this print sometime in the 1870s. The armed man standing at the base of the tree is Galen Clark (1814-1910), the first European to discover the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. Clark lobbied congress for protection of the area resulting in President Lincoln's signing of the Yosemite Grant, which was the first environmental preservation act of its kind and led to the formation of Yosemite National Park in 1890. For his devotion and influence Clark was given the title of Guardian of Yosemite, which he held for 24 years. Condition: Print very good. Soiling and light spotting in the margins of the mounts, mostly near the edges.