Identifier

01013

Title

The Redwoods - Joseph B Strauss Poem - Zan

Postcard Caption (front)

The Redwoods Author, Joseph B. Strauss Builder of the Golden Gate Bridge Here, sown by the Creator's hand, / In serried ranks, the Redwoods stand; / No other clime is honored so, / No other lands their glory know // The greatest of Earth's living forms, / Tall conquerors that laugh at storms; / Their challenge still unanswered rings, / Through fifty centuries of kings. // The nations that with them were young, / Rich empires, with their forts far-flung, / Lie buried now—their splendor gone; / But these proud monarchs still live on. // So shall they live, when ends our day, / When our crude citadels decay; / For brief the years allotted man, / But infinite perennials' span. // This is their temple, vaulted high. / And here we pause with reverent eye, / With silent tongue and awe-struck soul; For here we sense life's proper goal; // To be like these, straight, true, and fine, / To make our world, like theirs, a shrine; / Sink down, Oh, traveller, on your knees, / God stands before you in these trees.

Photographer

Zan Stark

Publisher

Zan Stark Co. - Mill Valley

Publisher Number

2573

Color

Monochromatic (B&W)

Type

Topographic

Subject

Forest Scene-non logging

Redwood Forest Scene

Misc

Region

00 Unknown

Location

unknown-general

Earliest Known Date

1932

Last Known Date

1952

EKD - LKD Notes

based on SFBAPCC article on Zan; LKD per card's postmark

Sent

yes

Sender(s)

Jean + Brose

Postmark Date

1951-07-23

Postmark Location

Waldport, Oregon

Recipient

Geo. W. Cuthill[?], M.D.

Destination Location

7206 So Western Ave Los Angeles 44, California

Printing Process

Real Photo

Manufacturer Location

Unknown

Size (inches)

Standard (3.5x5.5)

Item Type

Postcard

Collection

The Humboldt Project

Date

July 23, 1951