Elisabeth Hall and Friends at the Giant Sequoia Drive-Through Tunnel Tree (Circa 1930)

Elisabeth Hall and two friends posing with a Ford Model A coupe inside the hollowed tunnel of a giant sequoia tree. — Elisabeth Hall and Friends at the Giant Sequoia Drive-Through Tunnel Tree (Circa 1930) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

A vintage outdoor travel snapshot capturing Elisabeth Hall and two female companions during an expedition to California's giant sequoias. The women pose beside a late-1920s Ford Model A rumble-seat coupe parked directly at the entrance of a massive hollowed drive-through tree tunnel, while a second automobile passes through the carved trunk behind them. Preserved in the Hall family archives, this photograph documents recreational automobile tourism in the national parks during the interwar era.