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	Big Tree Inn being moved by a truck and trailer, 1938 Title Big Tree Inn being moved by a truck and trailer, 1938 Photographer Staff Photographer Seattle Post-Intelligencer Date 1938 Caption The Big Tree Inn was originally constructed for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Made out of two sections of a 2000-year-old, 300-foot tall giant redwood tree, it was moved to Des Moines, Washington in the early 1920s where it became a restaurant. Later it was moved again to be closer to Highway 99. It was eventually destroyed by fire. Notes Handwritten on image: Big Tree Inn Caption information source: http://www.dmhs.org/map-photos/big_tree_inn.html Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 22, 1938 Subjects Moving of structures—Washington (State); Taverns (Inns)—Washington (State); Wooden buildings—Washington (State) Places United States—Washington (State) Digital Collection Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection Image Number 1986.5.1056.2 Ordering Information To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. Credit Line Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Repository Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). Repository Collection Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection Type Image Physical Description 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. Digital Reproduction Information Scanned from film positive as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4.
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