Antique Postcard 1910s Snow Plant $20 Fine Yosemite Park Botanical Red Flower Memorabilia_Banknotes Social History: The Basilica interior

Social History: The Basilica interior card contains a handwritten note on the reverse: "1984 March 7th To April 4th 28 nights"

Lepidolite lies close to your heart

Skaggs in Lanes Prairie

Feel comforted by the organic gemstone and its ability to connect you with your natural elements

Antique Postcard 1910s Snow Plant $20 Fine Yosemite Park Botanical Red Flower Memorabilia_Banknotes Social History: The Basilica interiorSocial History: A $20 fine in the early 1910s is equivalent to over $600 today, demonstrating how strictly early park rangers protected the rare flora: "This is a wonderful flower of which the card though hand tinted gives almost no idea. The brightest shades are a little like its wonderful color. It is a fungus without leaves. There is a fine of $20. in Yosemite for picking it. With much love to all, Mother" Scene: Snow Plant, a parasitic plant