Short Description: Vintage Santa Cruz postcard with picture of Giant Redwood Tree at Big Tree Station
Content/Composition: Vintage Santa Cruz postcard
Publication Date: October 19, 1908 from Strawberry Valley Calif to Ft Wayne Indiana
Condition: Backside of card has water smudges on upper right side. Edges and corners are worn.
Description: Vintage Santa Cruz postcard with picture of Giant Redwood Tree at Big Tree Station, five miles from Santa Cruz California. The tree was 310 feet tall and had a circumference of 60 feet. This postcard was published by Richard Benrendt in San Francisco and printed in Germany. This card was postage stamped on October 19, 1908 and has a message written in black ink on backside.
More info: Big Trees is probably the best documented station outside of the primary town and city stations along the South Pacific Coast Sunset Route during the 1876 to 1959 period. The very name Big Trees brought tourists flocking to the San Lorenzo Valley from before the train first operated in the 1800s all the way to beyond the closure of the Mountain Route in 1939.
Item: R198