| Date: | 1896 |
| Medium: | wall mural of unknown materials |
| Size: | 10 by 12 feet (estimated) |
| Inscription: | n.v. |
| Verso: | not applicable |
| Provenance: | in collection of Oak Grove Lodge 215, Free and Accepted Masons, Alameda, California; the building has since been sold and the murals may have been destroyed. |
| Reproductions: | Photograph by Philip A. C. Harris, c. 1930; Sherman, Edward A., Fifty Years of Masonry in California, page 406; San Francisco Chronicle, 24 April 1896; Oak Grove Lodge No. 215 F & A.M. 1871–1971 Centennial, page 33f. |
| Description: | A tree with a bundle of sticks hanging from a branch stands in the center beside a shallow river flowing gently toward the viewer. Both sides of the river are forested, and three low ridges low rise in the distance. On the foreground left stands a sparse tree on the rocky shore. (From a monochrome photograph.) |
| Note: | This was one of five [Murals of the Masonic lodge, Alameda, California]. For more information, see the notes in that entry. |
| Identification: | From the description by Sherman and the writeup in the San Francisco Chronicle. |
| In index(es): | Title list, foreign scenes, miscellaneous other well-known landmarks, murals |
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