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Parent Washington Navel, 1960's
Theodore Roosevelt at the Mission Inn, Riverside, California, 1903. Original Caption: PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT REPLANTING THE ORIGINAL NAVEL ORANGE TREE IN FRONT OF THE OLD ADOBE AND CAMPANILE GLENWOOD HOTEL WHERE HE SPENT THE NIGHT OF MAY 7, 1903.
Both photos from:
Braun Research Library Collection, Autry National Center
Parent  Washington Navel Tree at the Mission Inn, Riverside, California, early 1900s.                  Handwritten on reverse:
PARENT WASHINGTON NAVEL ORANGE TREE. COURT OF THE GLENWOOD MISSION INN, RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.
'Parent Tree Brand' - orange crate label 1900-1910
The Magnolia Avenue tree taken around 1902, not long after planting.
Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Parent Washinton Navel Orange 1902
Eliza and Luther Tibbets
Luther Tibbets marker plaque
'Parent Tree Brand' - orange crate label 1910-1920
The same tree in the 1960's
part 2 - A selection of historic images
Eliza Tibbets who introduced the first two trees to Riverside, and Luther Tibbets, owner & grower
Now a residential area, this historic marker is at the corner of Navel Court and Central Avenue, Riverside, California.
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The tree shown above, and its successor at the Mission Inn, eventually died from phytophthera.
The second tree, shown below and described on the previous page - Parent Washington Navel part 1 - still survives and thrives.