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[Wagon, drawn by team of horses, carrying out sections of trunk of General Noble redwood tree, for shipment to Chicago] – Antique Wall Art

[Wagon, drawn by team of horses, carrying out sections of trunk of General Noble redwood tree, for shipment to Chicago], [1892] — historic photograph
[Wagon, drawn by team of horses, carrying out sections of trunk of General Noble redwood tree, for shipment to Chicago], [1892]. Historic photograph from the Horses 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 team of horses strains to pull wagonloads of sections cut from the trunk of the General Noble, a giant sequoia that loggers in Tulare County felled in the early 1890s. Though the record calls it a redwood, the tree was a sequoia, and its enormous cross-sections were prized as curiosities. Shipping them to Chicago was a way to promote the lumber industry and California's giant trees to a national audience. The photograph, by C.C. Curtis of Esperanza, shows how much brute animal labor it took to move such massive pieces overland before rail transport.

Created / published[1892]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesPhotographic print by C.C. Curtis, Esperanza, Tulare County, California. No. G-3772. James M. Goode Collection.
SubjectsRedwoods--1890-1900. Carts & wagons--1890-1900. Animal teams--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,296 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-187118

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