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

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

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

Yosemite stage coach beside "Fallen Monarch", one of the Wawona Big Trees, in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900 

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

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

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

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

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

Wool shipment in Tulare County, California, ca.1910 

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

Guardian's log cabin in the big trees in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, 1901 

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

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

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

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

Horse-drawn wagon driving through a tunnel in a Wawona Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1902 

A big palm tree in a Los Angeles park, ca.1920 

Group of people sitting on the fallen General Johnson Big Tree in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900 

Man and woman sitting in a hole in one of the Wawona Big Trees, in Yosemite National Park, ca.1900