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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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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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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.
Asset Metadata
Title
A stagecoach passing under a tunnel cut through a large sequoias tree in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900
Subject
Coaching
(lcsh),
Horses
(lcsh),
Mountains
(lcsh),
Natural features -- Parks -- Yosemite -- Mariposa Grove
(file heading),
Parks
(lcsh),
Parks
(adlf),
Trees
(lcsh),
Yosemite National Park
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Mariposa
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17562
Identifier
5992 (
accession number
), CHS-5992 (
call number
), CHS-5992 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17553 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17562 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14280 (
legacy record id
), 1-73-32 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17553
Unique identifier
UC142721
Legacy Identifier
CHS-5992.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
14.9 in × 18.8 in at 300dpi
37.9 cm × 47.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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