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The woodpecker's Storehouse - Acorns in the Old Pine Tree – Antique Print

The woodpecker's Storehouse - Acorns in the Old Pine Tree, [published 1866] — historic photograph
The woodpecker's Storehouse - Acorns in the Old Pine Tree, [published 1866]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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A woodpecker's storehouse is the subject here: the title describes acorns packed into holes in an old pine, a habit of the acorn woodpecker, which drills rows of cavities in trees and stores nuts in them. This print is one half of a stereograph pair from the *Gems of California Scenery* series, published around 1866, and the Library holds only this side. Albumen prints like this were viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the scene depth and made such nature views popular in parlors during the 1860s. The date and series details come from an older caption card and have not been independently verified.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 12. LOT subdivision subject: Miscellaneous. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,452 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116132

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