Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the Famous Palo Alto Redwood Tree, 1937. Two sets of tracks emerge from the foreground at center to the distance on the left. They run underneath a skeletal metal tunnel with the massive redwood to the right. The tree is extremely tall but thin of leaves at its relatively skinny top. A tree that is about a third of its size stands to the right while a wooded are can be seen faintly in the background. Picture file card reads "Oldest living landmark in California. The Portola Expedition made camp here and used it as a base for reconnaissance journeys. The tree stood out in valley below redwood line and could be seen from afar. Tree was originally double-trunked, as shown in old sketch. Palo Alto means 'High Tree'".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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