Scenic South Magazine Photographs

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Contributor

King, Emmett L.

Description

This black and white photograph features a man in dark clothing counting the rings of a petrified tree. A typed label on the back of the photograph identifies the man as John Mason and speaks about the tree he is studying as well as the location of the petrified tree as being in the petrified forest near Flora, Mississippi.

Publication Date

9-8-1947

Publisher

Scenic South Magazine

Time Period

1940-1944

Subjects

Trees, Fossil; Wood, Petrified; Petrified forests

Geographic Location

Flora, (Miss.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph: b&w

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_1947-09-08_Photograph-Petrified-Forest_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, Scenic South Magazine Subcollection, John Mason Counting the Rings of a Petrified Tree at the Petrified Forest Near Flora, Mississippi, 1947

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

John Mason Counting the Rings of a Petrified Tree at the Petrified Forest Near Flora, Mississippi, 1947

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