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Greetings from California — Redwoods
- Date
- c. 1940s
- State
- California
- Category
- Old California
- Format
- Postcard
Redwood trunks extend behind the California lettering. Their scale gives the design a distinct setting while the lettering identifies the state.
Save the Redwoods League began in 1918 as logging threatened California’s old-growth coast redwoods. The towering trunks behind the lettering capture the scale that made the forests both a visitor attraction and a conservation cause.
Sources
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards
- Redwood Area History - Redwood National and State Parks (U.S. National Park Service)