United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Atlanta Journal-Constitution1938The chestnut blight appeared on Long Island, New York, around 1904, and spread rapidly across North America. Verso of print inscribed, "Giant chestnut almost killed by the blight. It is still able to put out leaves on the lower part of the trunk." Date-stamped on verso: Dec 4 1938."image/jp2http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic ArchiveChestnutChestnut blightTreesRoadsAmerican chestnut tree on the side of a road, damaged by the blight, putting out leaves on the lower parts of the trunk, Georgia, 1938.StillImage