Live Oak Tree At Mobile, Alabama
Color print view of a large live oak tree in Mobile, AL. This specfic tree stands over 100 feet wide. Building and tower seen behind tree. Children playing around the big tree. Undivided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Mobile, Ala. Live Oak Tree (Spreading over 100 feet.)' Printed on b...
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Wade Hall Postcard Collection |
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Troy University Library |
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Troy University Library |
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Alabama postcards |
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Alabama postcards Live Oak Tree At Mobile, Alabama Raphael Tuck & Sons |
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Alabama postcards Mobile (Ala.); Trees -- Alabama Geography and Environment -- Human Environment -- Cities and Towns Mobile; Alabama; Live Oak; Trees Trees For information on using this for a K-12 assignment, go to Alabama Moments in American History. |
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Color print view of a large live oak tree in Mobile, AL. This specfic tree stands over 100 feet wide. Building and tower seen behind tree. Children playing around the big tree. Undivided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Mobile, Ala. Live Oak Tree (Spreading over 100 feet.)' Printed on back: '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. Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 2355, "Mobile, Ala." Art Publishers To Their Majesties The King And Queen.'Written on back: 'May 1, 1901. Dear Mary: Last year Julia Bruner and Grand-ma Pattit sat under this big tree often. The hotel and most of the tree were burned in the summer & later the big storm blew it nearly all down. Isn't that a pity? I wish you were to walk about Mobile with me this fine weather. Grandma Pettit.' |
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Live Oak Tree At Mobile, AlabamaColor print view of a large live oak tree in Mobile, AL. This specfic tree stands over 100 feet wide. Building and tower seen behind tree. Children playing around the big tree. Undivided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Mobile, Ala. Live Oak Tree (Spreading over 100 feet.)' Printed on back: '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. Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 2355, "Mobile, Ala." Art Publishers To Their Majesties The King And Queen.'Raphael Tuck & Sons19072005Troy University Library Mobile (Ala.); Trees -- AlabamaGeography and Environment -- Human Environment -- Cities and TownsMobile; Alabama; Live Oak; TreesTreesFor information on using this for a K-12 assignment, go to Alabama Moments in American History.This collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. copyright law.Wade Hall Postcard Collection, Troy University Library, Special Collections.Written on back: 'May 1, 1901. Dear Mary: Last year Julia Bruner and Grand-ma Pattit sat under this big tree often. The hotel and most of the tree were burned in the summer & later the big storm blew it nearly all down. Isn't that a pity? I wish you were to walk about Mobile with me this fine weather. Grandma Pettit.'Troy University (Troy, Ala.) Library; University of Alabama Library (Digitization)Box 1, ADAtscwhp000303ADAtscwhp000303.1, ADAtscwhp000303.2imageengjpeghttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/troy2/id/1596 |
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