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This sepia-toned stereograph features two nearly identical, side-by-side images mounted on a single yellow card. The photographs show a massive, gnarled grapevine with a thick, central trunk that branches out into a complex network of vines supported by a large, rectangular wooden arbor. The arbor consists of a grid of beams and slats that create a ceiling of foliage and hanging branches. In the foreground, at the base of the central trunk, two people in period clothing are seated on the ground. Several vertical wooden posts support the structure, and more people can be seen standing or sitting in the background beneath the wide canopy. The ground is flat and light-colored, and the entire scene is enclosed within what appears to be a large hall with visible architectural beams in the upper background. Below the image, a grayscale color calibration strip is visible.

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Title
Old Mammoth Grape Vine of Santa Barbara, Cal. on exhibition in Agricultural Hall, International Exhibition, 1876, by M. Sarver. "This ...
Full Collection Name
Santa Barbara Views, ca. 1875
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1984.004:01--PIC
Type
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Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
lang: Old Mammoth Grape Vine of Santa Barbara, Cal. on exhibition in Agricultural Hall, International Exhibition, 1876, by M. Sarver. "This is the largest and most Celebrated Vine in the world. It died and now the daughter Vine, a cutting from it, is the largest living Vine. The Queen's Vine at Hampton Court, England, ranks third. The Old Vine produced over six tons of grapes of most excellent quality annually. It is of the Mission variety brought from Spain by the early missionaries about the year 1770. Its diameter is over 18 inches, cover [sic] an area of 12,000 square feet, and is about 100 years old. Eight feet from the ground it branches out into 20 large limbs one of which is 27 inches in circumference. Its history is both interesting and romantic. It was the riding whip of Maria Marcelina de Dominquez, a young Spanish Lady, presented to her by her lover. She planted, reared and watched over it, till the day of her death in 1865, at the advanced age of 110 years.
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Image description generated by AI (Gemini 3.0 Fast) and reviewed, January 2026 .

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