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Title
Entrance to the Grove, arriving from Murphy's
Creator
Vischer, Edward
Contributor
Kuchel, Charles Conrad, 1820-
Nagel, L. (Louis)
Date Created and/or Issued
1862
Publication Information
San Francisco : Edward Vischer
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Plates in: Vischer's views of California : the mammoth tree grove, Calaveras County, California, and its avenues ; consisting of title page and 12 plates with 25 engravings. Plate II, The Mammoth Grove.
Typographical work by Agnew & Deffebach, San Franciso. L. Nagel, printer. C.C. Kuchel, lithographer.
Shows redwoods, oxen-drawn wagon, horse-drawn carriage, men on horseback. Various buildings, including dance pavilion built on top of stump of Discovery Tree.
2010-3777.
Discovered in 1852 by Augustus T. Dowd, area became a state park in 1931 - Calaveras Big Trees State Park.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 print : lithograph ; 10 5/8 x 13 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001427545CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Giant sequoias--California--Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Carriages & coaches--California--Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Carts & wagons--California--Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Ox teams--California--Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Pavilions (Facilities)--California--Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Hotels--California--Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Calaveras County (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Prints
Lithographs
Landscape prints
Place
California
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Calaveras County (Calif.)
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (Calif.)

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