In the 1870’s, visitors to the South Grove named this tree after San Francisco’s, newly built, elegant seven story Palace Hotel. The large opening in the base of the tree reminded visitors of the central courtyard carriage entrance called the Grand Court.

This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and SMC PENTAX 67 1:4 45mm lens with an 82mm UV filter using Rollei CN200 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.