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The Oldest Living Thing on Earth-"Wawona" One of the Giant Redwoods, Mariposa Grove, California.

The Oldest Living Thing on Earth-"Wawona" One of the Giant Redwoods, Mariposa Grove, California.

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The Oldest Living Thing on Earth-"Wawona" One of the Giant Redwoods, Mariposa Grove, California.
ManufacturerAmerican, active 1892–1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Oldest Living Thing on Earth-"Wawona" One of the Giant Redwoods, Mariposa Grove, California.
  • from "A Trip Around the World Through the Stereoscope" VOL. V-VIII
Datec. 1914
PlaceMeadville, Pennsylvania, United States
Place depictedCalifornia, United States
MediumGelatin silver stereograph
DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 × 3 in. (7.9 × 7.6 cm)
 Mount: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William J. Hill
Object number2004.1220.218
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
Published References From the Stereographic Library Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed center recto: "323"

Printed on the left edge of the mount:
"Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers"

Printed on the right edge of the mount:
"Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England."

Numbered and titled lower right:
"5006 T The Oldest Living Thing on Earth-"Wawona," / One of the Giant Redwoods, Mariposa Grove, California."

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