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Title
Sign on Hooker Oak
Creator
Abell & Priest
Date Created and/or Issued
ca 1911
Publication Information
Meriam Library Special Collections Department, California State University, Chico
Contributing Institution
California State University, Chico
Collection
Northeastern California Historical Photograph Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph shows sign on Hooker Oak tree in Chico, California. It reads: Sir Joseph Hooker Oak / Dimensions, Height -- 105 feet / Circumference of trunk at ground -- 25 7/10 feet / Circumference of trunk 8 feet above ground -- 28 4/10 feet / Length of Limbs on south side respectively -- 101 and 105 feet / on North side -- 99 feet / Circumference of circle outside branches -- 446 feet / Allowing 2 Square Feet to a person, number under branches 7885 persons
Type
image
Format
195 x 295 mm.
Identifier
sc19610
http://archives.csuchico.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coll11/id/1842
Subject
Signs and signboards--California--Chico
Trees
Hooker Oak (Chico, Calif.)
Place
Rancho del Arroyo Chico (Calif.)
Butte County (Calif.)
Chico (Calif.)
Source
sc19610.tif
Relation
under review
Northeastern California Historic Photograph Collection

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