Ink drawings on front of postcard depicting a grove of redwoods along railroad tracks with the caption "sequoias--on the way up. Mt. Tamalpais". A gentleman overlooking Profile Rock with a train curling around the bend and an image of the railroad as a train makes its way up the mountainside with the caption, "Mountain train ascending Mt. Tamalpais". There's printed text which reads, "I felt run down before I went up, but when I came down, I felt way up." There's handwritten text across the face and side edge of the postcard. The back of postcard is addressed to Mr. Leon Vanatta, Mill Valley, Marin Co. Cal." Publisher S.F. Card Co. 555 Commercial St, San Francisco. 103. Pre-1908.
Type
image
Format
Original Photograph
Extent
5.5 x 3.5 in. 1 Page of 1
Identifier
cmlpl_000067 2016.094.060 ark:/13960/t3714gt82
Language
English
Subject
Muir Woods Railroads Sequoias Trains
Place
Mill Valley (Calif.) Tamalpais, Mount (Calif.)
Provenance
Mill Valley Public Library, Lucretia Little History Room California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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