Lake of the Sky Images. The Photographs of Harold A. Parker
signed
2017 · San Francisco
by Jensen, Carol A.
San Francisco: Byron Hot Springs, 2017 Second edition, revised. SIGNED by the author. Foreword by Peter Goin. Oblong quarto. (8x10 inches). 122pp. Profusely illustrated with 151 reproductions of photographs, mostly in color. Stiffer pictorial wrappers. A very fine, as new copy. The first survey of Parker's Lake Tahoe regional photographs. This fine work documents the career of a commercial photographer inspired by the Lake of the Sky to capture images treasured still today. Harold A. Parker (1878-1930) captured the pristine beauty of Lake Tahoe. His images were key to the Lake's transformation into an international destination. Parker images of accessible sights from the steamship Tahoe soon became treasured mementos of summers spent at Lake Tahoe. Parker set the artistic standard for Lake Tahoe photography for decades to come. He held the summer franchise for the Tahoe Tavern photography studio and newsstand from 1908 to 1913. Parker was established as an outstanding commercial photographer in the San Gabriel Valley. He found himself in San Francisco capturing earthquake images in 1906, ballooning above the San Gabriel Mountains taking the first aerial pictures of Pasadena, and summering at the Tahoe Tavern filming panoramic majesty of Lake Tahoe. A key reference on this California photographer.. Signed by Author. (Inventory #: 8083)