Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.7.111a-bDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 7 -The Wissahickon
Page 111 contains:
(a, top) This photograph is captioned (in Jellett's handwriting) "The Crusader's Tree by Dr. N. H. Keyser, April, 1902." The photograph shows the lower portion of a tree with a highly visible root system, each branch of which resembles an elongated "toe". A cross is visible midway up the tree trunk carved into the trunk. Other initials are also visible which have been carved into the trunk.
(b, bottom) Jellett's notes read as follows: "Crusaders Tree (Helen T. Longstreth Tree) This is on the bridle path a short distance south of Rex Avenue. Facing the path, it is marked with a deep cross. On the back is a (heart) now decayed, which I placed there in 1886 for H.T.L. E.C.J.Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1890 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: April 1902