- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Okefenokee Swamp
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1956-09
- Subject:
- Alligators--Georgia
Reptiles--Georgia
Wetlands--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ware County, Okefenokee Swamp, 30.6668928, -82.3331791
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of an unidentified man holding an alligator at the Okefenokee Swamp in Charlton County, Georgia.
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was formed in 1937 with the purpose of protecting the Okefenokee Swamp. Okefenokee translates from Native American as "Land of the trembling earth," the swamp covers 438,000 acres over both Georgia and a small part of Florida, mostly lying in Georgia's Ware and Charlton Counties. The Okefenokee Swamp Park was formally opened in 1946. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.260.04
ahc082260004a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1337
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. color negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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