"Mobile, Ala. Live Oak Tree (Spreading over 100 feet.)"
"Live Oak Tree. But few trees have been more written about than the live oak, which grows very luxuriantly through the Southern Atlantic States and along the Gulf, reaching a height of from 40 to 60 feet; their spreading branches, measuring as much as 130 feet in diameter, would cover a quarter...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | "Live Oak Tree. But few trees have been more written about than the live oak, which grows very luxuriantly through the Southern Atlantic States and along the Gulf, reaching a height of from 40 to 60 feet; their spreading branches, measuring as much as 130 feet in diameter, would cover a quarter of an acre of ground and shelter a whole regiment of men. Many of the live oaks are over a century old." The postmark date on the back of this postcard is June 1906. |
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