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Posted 8 months ago
pw-collector
(472 items)
Photo Postcard
FORD & RAWLES - AT YOUR SERVICE - UKIAH, CALIF.
Postmarked March 8, 1954
On back:
The "Worlds Largest Redwood Tree Service Station" located on highway 101 in North Ukiah, Calif. has proven a mecca for tourists since 1936. Over 1500 years old, this tree was carefully selected from a grove of monster Redwoods 17 miles west of Ukiah, quartered and reassembled in its present location.
(the tree stump is the station office)
SALTZ ADVERTISING SPECIALTIES, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Note the Gas Sign in background:
(A Flying Heart) Aviation Tested
DOUGLAS
GASOLINE
Thanks for looking,
Dave
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Now that's a B.F.T.! Big ------ Tree.
Thanks Kerry, Manikin, blunderbuss2, jojomang, mustangtony, Kevin &official fuel for the appreciation.
Sorry about the delayed thank you, but my internet modem took a dump and I had to get it replaced.
Dave
Thanks gargoylecollector, musikchoo & trukn20 for the appreciation.
Dave
blunderguss2 : That tree is nothing . I was in a car that drove through a giant redwood tree . It was huge and was still alive at the time . That tree is now dead , but the Sequoia National Park Service has cut another giant redwood tree to drive through although it is not as big as the first one . Somewhere we have a photo of our family standing at the base of a huge giant redwood . We look like ants .
Thanks ttomtucker & walksoftly for the appreciation.
DobbinDee70, I too have smily photos somewhere of driving through the giant redwood tree.
Dave
Thanks officilfuel & Vontrike for the appreciation.
Dave