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StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0407Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of two men beside a recently downed giant tree, one man is sitting on it while the other is standing in front of it. Above the image "67" is printed, below the image "V23267 - A Monster Sequoia Just Felled in Grove at Converse Basin, Calif." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Portland, Oregon., London, Eng., Sydney, Aus." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
V23267
A MONSTER SEQUOIA, CONVERSE BASIN, CALIF.
This picture shows a monster Sequoia (pronunciation) just felled in the grove at Converse Basin, Calif. Converse Basin is in the east central part of the state near the Yosemite (pronunciation) Valley.
The great trees in California are Sequoias, and ony two species are nown known. The existence of these trees has been traced back millions of years and they are considered the oldest living things.
The Sequoia is also the tallest tree known. The height varies from one hundred fifty feet to two hundred twenty-five feet, often without branches from the ground to a height of one hudnred seventy-five feet. About five feet from the ground the trees measure from five to twenty-five feet in diameter. the bark is from one-half to two feet think. Not only is the genus the oldest known, but the life of the individual tree is correspondingly great, some of them living from one thousand to three thousand years. these trees are found infroves, together with other large trees, such as the white fir and yellow pine. There are about thirty-two of these groves in California.
For years lovers of nature have been horrified at the way lumbermen were destroying these trees. Sometime ago ongress appropriated quite a sum of money to save the big Sequoias that remain. Th National Geographic Society joined them in the work. The latter society has now conveyed to our government nearly two thousand acres in Sequoia National Park, and the Giatn Forest, where grow the largest and finest specimens, is saved from the private owners who appreciated their value only in the number of feet of lumber they would yield.
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