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Title
Dignitaries on stage at dedication of Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Redwood National Park
Creator
Swanlund, David
Photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
August 27, 1969
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Save-the-Redwoods League photograph collection
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Description
Negative DSC-8a. Print available elsewhere in collection.
This material was selectively digitized from a larger resource or collection.
On stage from left to right: Rev. Billy Graham, Governor Ronald Regan, Congressman Don Clausen, Lady Bird Johnson (hidden), Secretary of Interior Walter J. Hickel, President Richard M. Nixon, Pat Nixon, Former President Lyndon B. Johnson, Mrs. Julie Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Mrs. Luci Nugent, Patrick Nugent, Mrs. Lynda Robb, Charles Robb, Senator George Murphy, Mrs. Hale Boggs, Senator Hale Boggs.
A color photograph captures an outdoor ceremony taking place on a wooden stage nestled within a redwood forest. The stage is positioned in the mid-ground, elevated slightly above a large crowd of people who are seen from behind in the foreground. On the stage, over a dozen dignitaries in formal suits and dresses are lined up horizontally, including some standing behind a wooden podium. Towering redwood trees with thick, vertically-fissured bark rise directly behind the stage, their trunks extending upward and out of the top of the frame. Bright sunlight filters through the dense canopy above, creating a dappled light effect across the crowd and the green foliage of the forest floor.
Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, January 2026 .
Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, February 2026 .
Type
image
Extent
1 photograph
Identifier
BANC PIC 2006.030--NEG
ark:/28722/bk0017w5859
pictman_cubanc_79_56_00222693
Subject
Conservation of natural resources--California
National parks & reserves--California

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