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Content/DescriptionCaption provided by donor, Frederick S. Baker: Calaveras Big Trees in 1853 showing the tree that had been recently felled, upon the stump of which the dance hall was later constructed.
Content/DescriptionView of forest showing fallen giant, dance floor and cabin. Man in cabin and standing on giant, and two others measuring the dance floor, with horse in foreground. Sign on fallen giant reads: "All persons are forbid taking any wood from this tree".

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Title [Calaveras Big Trees]
Creator Baker, Isaac W. 1810-, artist
Published 1853
Full Collection Name Framed items from the collections of The Bancroft Library
Other Identifiers BANC PIC 1942.004:04--FR
Subject (Topic) Paintings
Redwoods -- California
Type Image
Extent 1 painting on linen : oil? ; 185 x 176 cm.
Archive The Bancroft Library
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