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McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 252

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 04, Photograph 252
Description
Caption: "The Mother Tree, Big Basin," c. 1935. William and Grace McCarthy posing with the Mother of the Forest, the tallest redwood tree in Big Basin Redwoods State Park at 329 feet high and 70 feet in circumference near the ground.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Santa Cruz County, California
Date
1935
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb04-252
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of a photograph within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Type
Still Image