Name/Title

Postcard

Entry/Object ID

2015.1.1182

Tags

Jack H. King Donation Collection

Scope and Content

Color photochrome of "South Jacksonville, Fla. Big Oak. Located about two blocks from the river, on land belonging to the Dixieland Park Company, stands this famous old oak. Fastened to the tree is a tablet bearing these words: "The oldest and largest tree in Florida, 160 feet across under the branches. At noon it shades a space 190 feet in diameter. Students of forestry say it is over 400 years old. Body of the tree is over 9 feet in circumference. It was Osceola's favorite camp ground and was generally used for Indian councils of war." Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Jacksonville, Fla.

Collection

Jack H. King Donation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication