t2 &
odinthor
Earlier today while I was looking for a good photograph of pepper trees from around the same time period as the sepia cabinet card (1890s),
I happened upon this fine photograph of Eucalyptus trees
"Eucalyptus trees lined at the corner of Gower Street and Melrose Avenue, ca.1900"
usc digital archive
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Eucaluptus trees line the dirt road (at right). Grass covers the surrounding areas. The trunks of the trees stand in the extreme left foreground.;
"This group consists of more than 400, quick-growing, tender, evergreen trees and some shrubs native to Tasmania and Australia.
These unique trees can grow to gigantic proportions; some species can reach heights over 400 feet in their native habitats and up to 200 feet in California."
Can you believe that's the corner of Melrose and Gower! Truly bucolic-
(I believe the photograph actually shows the
'intersection' of Melrose and Gower up ahead in the near distance, right?
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