Orange tree in bearing at Merritt's Island, Florida

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1896

GUSN

GUSN-362009

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Wood family glass-plate negative collection
Orange tree in bearing at Merritt's Island, Florida
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Wood family glass-plate negative collection

Description

Image of tree on Merritt Island in Eastern Florida. Known in the late 1800s for citrus production, Merritt Island is now the home of the Kennedy Space Center.

Details

Descriptive Terms

orange (fruit)
black-and-white negatives

Additional Identification Number

Original number given by photographer No. 65

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC086

Collection Name

Wood family glass-plate negative collection

Date of Acquisition

11/2005

Reference Code

PC086.019

Date Notes

March 1896

Image Dimensions

5 x 4 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Merritt Island (Brevard county, Florida) [island]

Record Details

Originator

Wood, Austin Clarence, 1879-1965 (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white negatives

Description Level

Item

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