California Giant Trees Log Section on Cars Postcard Tuck Oilette Logging Railroad

A Raphael Tuck & Sons 'Oilette' chromolithograph from the California 'Giant Trees' series (No. 2205), titled 'Log Section on Cars.' It depicts an enormous redwood log chained to railroad trucks, with workers and a woman for scale - the caption notes the log made more than 40,000 shingles.

• Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons 'Oilette,' Series No. 2205
• Subject: California giant redwood log on railroad cars - logging/lumber industry
• Undivided back, circa 1903-1906 (pre-1907)
• Unused; bright color, light edge/corner wear and minor toning
• Descriptive back text about loading giant logs onto railroad trucks
• Colorful documentary logging + railroad appeal

Condition

Unused Raphael Tuck & Sons 'Oilette' chromolithograph, undivided back. Clean and bright with light edge/corner wear and minor toning; pencil '5.00' price notation on back.

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