Fallen Tree Hercules 325 feet long, Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County, California, Charles Leander Weed, 1864

Title(s)

Fallen Tree Hercules 325 feet long, Mammoth Grove, Calaveras County, California
Photographic Views of California Scenery (series title)

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2018-186

Description

Groep mensen bij de 99 meter hoge, omgevallen boom genaamd 'Hercules' in Mammoth Grove in Calaveras County in Californië. De reuzenboom viel in 1861 neer en is vaker in prent gebracht en gefotografeerd.

Artist

• Charles Leander Weed
• publisher: Lawrence & Houseworth

Place

United States of America
publisher: San Francisco

Dating

1864

Material

• photographic support
• paper

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 515 mm × width 400 mm
height 546 mm × width 433 mm

Where

• United States of America

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of Baker McKenzie

Acquisition

purchase 17-Jan-2019

Copyright

Public domain

• Acquisitions : photographs - Anna Atkins to Anne Geene, Mattie Boom, Hans Rooseboom, p. 166-167
• Davis, pp. 217/218.