Image / "Mother of he Forest," Calaveras Grove, height, 327 feet, cir., 78 feet

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Title: "Mother of he Forest," Calaveras Grove, height, 327 feet, cir., 78 feet
Creator: Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912
Date Created and/or Issued: [1880's]
Publication Information: [San Francisco, Calif.] : Taber
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 2009-1315.
Plates in photograph album: California views : [photograph album]. Plate A 316, page 55.
View of the base of a giant sequoia with the bark stripped off and visible cuts; sign attached to tree says "Mother of the Forest".
Type: image
Format: Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photographic print on paper mount ; image 12 x 8 1/4 in. on mount 13 1/4 x 17 5/8 in.
Identifier: (C)001393565CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-6932
Language: English
Subject: Giant sequoias--California--Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (Calif.)--Photographs
Calaveras County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Landscape photographs
Place: California
Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (Calif.)
Calaveras County (Calif.)

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