Name/Title
Kilmer Oak cross sectionEntry/Object ID
2022.1.1Description
Laminated slice of an oak tree from New Brunswick, NJ which had been officially recognized as being a Kilmer Oak, one of the trees that inspired American poet Joyce Kilmer to write his famous poem “Trees.”Context
Accompanied by a note from Janet Atwater’s grammar school teacher, “Aunt” Evelyn Lindstrom, who was from New Brunswick and who lived in Oradell where she taught school. Evelyn Lindstrom had given the tree slice memento to Janet Atwater circa 1991.Lexicon
Search Terms
Kilmer, Joyce, 1886-1918Dimensions
Height
8 inWidth
5-1/2 inDepth
1-1/2 in