- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Waycross, Georgia
- Creator:
- Rogers, Kenneth, 1907-1989
- Date of Original:
- 1904/1970
- Subject:
- Wetlands--Georgia
Wildlife--Georgia
National parks and reserves--Georgia
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of part of the Okeefenokee Swamp in Waycross, 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 82.424.01
ahc082424001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/2017
- Rights Holder:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S Code) Permission for use must be cleared through The Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white glass plate negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
