- Collection:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
- Title:
- "Tree that owns itself," Athens, Georgia. Larger photo from 1936, smaller photo from 1937.
- Creator:
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Date of Original:
- 1936
- Subject:
- Historic trees
White oak
Trees - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, 33.95117, -83.36733
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794 - Medium:
- photographic prints
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree, widely assumed to have legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet (2.4 m) of its base. The tree, also called the Jackson Oak, is located at the corner of Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, USA. The original tree fell in 1942; a new tree was grown from one of its acorns and planted in the same location. -- Print was mounted to cardboard backing. Backing inscribed: "The tree that owns itself, photographed last summer, and in the insert, bare branches of the tree as they appear now. Athens, Ga., Sun Mag. Feb. 7, 1937." Print is heavily edited; the insert is mounted to the base photograph.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ajc/id/712
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/ajc:712/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: AJCP554-03c, 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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