A row of rustic board-and-batten cabins with shingled roofs sits in deep shade beneath tall redwood trees, with a sunlit lawn and flowering border in the foreground. The card names the spot as Pioneer Town in Big Trees Park, Santa Cruz County — the redwood grove area in the Santa Cruz Mountains now preserved as Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, near Felton. Such reconstructed "pioneer" villages were popular roadside attractions for motor tourists in the 1930s and 1940s.
Linen-textured stock with a wide yellow border; printed caption and numbers in the margin. Minor edge wear.
No postmark; unused card. Divided-back linen-texture "Pictorial Wonderland" Art-Tone Series card (No. 942) published by Stanley A. Piltz, San Francisco 5, Calif.; printed descriptive text about the Santa Cruz Mountains railroad relics. Clean, no damage.
Cite this card
Pioneer Town cabins, Big Trees Park, Santa Cruz County, California, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pioneer-town-cabins-big-trees-park-santa-cruz-county-califor. Accessed October 25, 2026.
