A big oak tree, claimed to be the largest live oak tree in the Unites States, Tulare County, California, ca.1900-1930 

Men posing in front of a large tree dubbed "General Grant" in Visalia, Tulare County, 1900-1940 

Men posing around a large tree in Visalia, Tulare County, 1900-1940 

Man in horse-drawn wagon driving through the "California" Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900 

Woman on horseback, standing on stump of big redwood tree in Mariposa Grove (Wawona Big Trees) in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900 

Live oak tree in the middle of Pasadena's Orange Grove Avenue, ca.1905 

The soldiers of F Troop standing on the "Fallen Monarch", a Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900 

Big trees growing next to the dirt road to Wawona in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900 

One-hundred year old live oak tree in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, ca.1888 

"Largest oak tree in the world" near Red Bluff, 1900-1940 

Visalia County court house, Tulare County, California, ca.1912 

Horse and buggy driving through big tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900 

Cathedral Oak tree in South Pasadena, 1915-1925 

Mesquite tree in Imperial Valley after irrigation, ca.1910-1920 

Four girls in bonnets standing next to the "Los Angeles" giant sequoia, a Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, 1900 

Two palm trees, Seaforehia Elyans, in bloom on the lawn of a private residence in Santa Barbara, ca.1910 

Wool shipment in Tulare County, California, ca.1910 

A building and street in Visalia, Tulare County, California, 1900-1940 

Close-up of a specimen of branches from a scrub oak (quercus dumosa), ca.1920 

A view of palm trees and a gazebo at A.T. White Park in Riverside, ca.1900