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Image Not Available for Probably the Oldest Elm Tree in Hartford
Probably the Oldest Elm Tree in Hartford
Image Not Available for Probably the Oldest Elm Tree in Hartford

Probably the Oldest Elm Tree in Hartford

Date1885-1890
MediumPhotography; albumen print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm)
Sheet (height x width): 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm)
Mount (height x width): 20 x 27 1/2in. (50.8 x 69.9cm)
Credit LineGift of John Howard Morse
DescriptionA large elm tree is in a large field or meadow. Additional smaller trees are in the background.
Object number1939.16.18
InscribedOn verso, upper left, in black ink, "539"; in pencil and black ink, "Probably the oldest Elm Tree in Hartford. It is situated / in the South Meadows east of the railroad near the town line / and is as fine a specimen ot the tree as I have seen."; loer right, in pencil, accession number.
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