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Title: View of the Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Toulumne County
Date Created and/or Issued: 08/31/1969
Contributing Institution: Center for Sacramento History
Collection: Center for Sacramento History Photo Collection
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Description: View of the Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Toulumne County. Caption reads: Mighty Span: The outstretched arms of Supt. Jones fail to span the fire-hollowed trunk of the Palace Hotel Tree in the untrailed center of the South Grove. The Sequoia gigantea specimen, the fifth largest tree in the grove with a diameter of 21 feet, is estimated to be more than 1,000 years old.
Type: image
Identifier: A42C3680-3D55-4973-80D3-225219370352
1983/001/SBPM03008
Subject: California State Government
California State Park System
Parks
Calaveras Big Trees State Park

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