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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
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