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Group in auto passing through tunnel cut through roots of gigantic tree, western U.S. – Vintage Print

Group in auto passing through tunnel cut through roots of gigantic tree, western U.S. — historic photograph
Group in auto passing through tunnel cut through roots of gigantic tree, western U.S.. Historic photograph from the Automobiles 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 window into the past: Group in auto passing through tunnel cut through roots of gigantic tree, western U.S., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A touring party sits in an automobile driving through a tunnel cut into the base of an enormous tree, a spectacle that drew sightseers to giant trees in the American West. Cars were still a novelty around 1907, so posing for a photograph inside such a wonder shows how eager early motorists were to see the region's natural attractions. The record does not name the tree or the exact site, and its caption details are unverified, but the picture captures a moment when roads and automobiles were opening the West to tourism.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1907.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: West--Views; Natural phenomena; Trees; Automobiles--1907-8; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 899 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134523

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