Boy looking at a scythe in an oak tree
Black and white photograph of a boy looking at a "scythe in the oak at the old Green House in Elyton. A legend is that a boy going to the Confederate Army placed it there to remain until he returned. He never came back. The tree was cut down to make place for the Elyton Housing project and the...
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O. V. Hunt Photograph Collection |
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Birmingham Public Library |
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Birmingham Public Library |
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Photographs |
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Photographs Boy looking at a scythe in an oak tree Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 |
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Photographs Earle-Greene Plantation (Birmingham, Ala.); Trees--Alabama--Birmingham; Oak; Scythes; Elyton (Birmingham, Ala.) |
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Black and white photograph of a boy looking at a "scythe in the oak at the old Green House in Elyton. A legend is that a boy going to the Confederate Army placed it there to remain until he returned. He never came back. The tree was cut down to make place for the Elyton Housing project and the relic came down with it." - William H. Brantley |
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Boy looking at a scythe in an oak treeHunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962Earle-Greene Plantation (Birmingham, Ala.); Trees--Alabama--Birmingham; Oak; Scythes; Elyton (Birmingham, Ala.) Black and white photograph of a boy looking at a "scythe in the oak at the old Green House in Elyton. A legend is that a boy going to the Confederate Army placed it there to remain until he returned. He never came back. The tree was cut down to make place for the Elyton Housing project and the relic came down with it." - William H. BrantleyO.V. HuntBirmingham, Ala.1938photograph1075.0008Oscar V. Hunt Collection 1075, Archives Department1931-1940This material may be protected under Title 17 of the U. S. Copyright Law which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research.Birmingham Public Library (Alabama)Englishhttp://server16044.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p16044coll10,16 |
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Boy looking at a scythe in an oak tree |
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Boy looking at a scythe in an oak tree |
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Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 |
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Hunt, Oscar V., 1881-1962 |
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