Mother of the forest (90 ft.)--sacrificed to curiosity--died when bark (now in London) was stripped for exhibition Calaveras Grove Cal. – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Mother of the forest (90 ft.)--sacrificed to curiosity--died when bark (now in London) was stripped for exhibition Calaveras Grove Cal. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mother of the forest (90 ft.)--sacrificed to curiosity--died when bark (now in London) was stripped for exhibition Calaveras Grove Cal.
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Among the giant sequoias of Calaveras Grove, this card singles out one tree by its caption, the "Mother of the Forest," whose title gives its size as 90 feet. In 1853 its bark was stripped off and shipped to London for exhibition, and the tree is generally said to have died soon after. The caption presents that loss as the point of the story, casting the sequoia as a victim of public curiosity. Stereoviews like this one, issued by the publisher C. H. Graves, carried such accounts into American parlors, where viewers could see the giant trees in three dimensions.
| Created / published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | H15119 U.S. Copyright Office. · Graves C. H. (Carleton H.) d. 1943 publisher. |
| Subjects | Giant sequoias--California--Calaveras County--1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,307 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-271456 |
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