Primeval Stand on Big Creek
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Item information
- Title:
- Primeval Stand on Big Creek
- Description:
- This is a photograph of a primeval stand of several different types of trees. Some of the writing on the back of the photograph is in german.Castanea dentata [american chestnut], [] Liriodendron [yellow poplar], [german] Tilia[] Betula lenta [sweet birch] [german] Primeval stand on Big Creek: in front: Castanea dentata next Tilia globoa & Betula lenta behind [] The man at the right stands at a Liriodendron! Corpses of dead trees everywhere on the ground."
- Topics:
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Forestry
- Subjects:
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Birch
Chestnut
Old growth forests
Poplar
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 7 1/2 x 5 3/4
- Item identifier:
- schenck-trees_nd_img13_1
- Created Date:
- circa
- Names:
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Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.)
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- Location:
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Pisgah National Forest (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Manuscript Collections
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- Carl Alwin Schenck Papers, 1865 - 1959 (MC00035) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).