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Title |
A stagecoach passing under a tunnel cut through a large sequoias tree in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900 |
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Description |
Photograph of a stagecoach passing under a tunnel cut through a large sequoias tree in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900. The stagecoach, pulled by four horses, is carrying about five passengers and a driver. They are stopped at about midway out of the tree's manmade tunnel. The forest looms in the background.; "Walking today through the Mariposa Grove, where Muir and Roosevelt discussed conservation by campfire, one comes across a giant sequoia lying on its side. It is the Wawona Tunnel Tree, a sober reminder of past sacrifices to the gods of recreation. In 1881, Henry Washburn of the Wawona Hotel Company paid two men to hollow out the base of this glorious monarch, 26 feet in diameter, so that people could drive through in their stagecoaches. Tunneling out the trunk, however, cut into the tree's expansive but shallow root system. The Wawona tree had survived epic fires and the weathering of more than 20 centuries. But in the winter of 1969, the giant finally toppled from the weight of snow--and our need for gimmicks. The National Park Service disavows such crass amusements now, but as long as the agency remains federally run, and federally funded, it must at least bend to the will of the people." -- Alex Hawes. |
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Subject |
Yosemite National Park |
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Subject (adlf) |
parks |
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Subject (file heading) |
natural features -- Parks -- Yosemite -- Mariposa Grove |
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Subject (lcsh) |
Coaching
Horses
Trees
Mountains
Parks |
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Geographic subject (county) |
Mariposa |
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Geographic subject (state) |
California |
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Geographic subject (country) |
USA |
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Coverage date |
circa 1900 |
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Photographer |
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 |
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Publisher (of the digital version) |
University of Southern California. Libraries |
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Date created |
circa 1900 |
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Type |
images |
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Format (aacr2) |
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. |
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Format (aat) |
photographic prints
photographs |
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Contributing entity |
California Historical Society |
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Accession number |
5992 |
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Call number |
CHS-5992 |
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Microfiche number |
1-73-32 |
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Legacy record ID |
chs-m17562; USC-1-1-1-14280 |
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Part of collection |
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 |
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Part of subcollection |
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 |
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Project |
USC |
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Rights |
Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California |
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Access conditions |
Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
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Repository name |
USC Libraries Special Collections |
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Repository address |
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
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Repository email |
specol@usc.edu |
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Filename |
CHS-5992 |
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Archival file |
chs_Volume99/CHS-5992.tiff |
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
