Image / ? Redwoods in California [The Astor Cut on the way to London/unknown]

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Title: ? Redwoods in California [The Astor Cut on the way to London/unknown]
Date Created and/or Issued: Unknown
Publication Information: Humboldt State University Library
Contributing Institution: Cal Poly Humboldt, Library Special Collections and Archives
Collection: Ericson Photograph Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: None.
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JJ Astor made a wager that he could deliver a cut of redwood large enough to seat a certain number of people around it if made into a table. It is now in Hyde Park, London. (plate envelope, copy print/negative caption)
Type: image
Format: Photographic negative, glass, b & w, 8x10 in
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft700004wz
1999.02.0254
Subject: Lumbering
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