- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- David Hobson, son of James Hobson who introduced the Chinese chestnut tree to Jasper, Georgia, sitting in the tree planted in 1917, Jasper, Georgia, after 1930.
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1930
- Subject:
- Chestnut
Chinese Chestnut - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Pickens County, 34.46432, -84.46564
United States, Georgia, Pickens County, Jasper, 34.46787, -84.42909 - Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Newspaper caption attached to print verso: "David Hobson sits in the Chinese chestnut tree his father planted on his farm near Jasper, in 1920. Blight-resistant Hobson chestnuts, from this tree, grow in many states." The seedling was sent to Jasper in 1917, and the variety of blight-resistant chestnut became known as the "Hobson" in 1930, although it was not commercially available until around 1935.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/1107
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:1107/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: AJCP554-10g, Atlanta Journal Constitution Photographic Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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