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Great Tulip Tree, Inwood Hill Park

Collection: This image is from The Ralph Solecki Photographs and is depicted in a negative, print and digital image.; Image is part of the Ralph Solecki Photographs
Date: 1936 Material: nitrate film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches (negative); 10 x 8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Ralph S. Solecki Identifier: aql:4426 rss-000424 rss-000424.tif

Description: Great Tulip Tree in Inwood Hill Park. It is said that it was under this tree that Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan from the a band of Native Americans in 1626. The tree is now gone and the site marked with a boulder and plaque.; Hand written on edge of negative: SOLECKI 424

Collection : aql:4377; vital:1

Creator : Ralph S. Solecki

Date : 1936

Summary/Description : Great Tulip Tree in Inwood Hill Park. It is said that it was under this tree that Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan from the a band of Native Americans in 1626. The tree is now gone and the site marked with a boulder and plaque.; Hand written on edge of negative: SOLECKI 424

Subject : Archaeological sites

Rights : Copyright held by: Queens Borough Public Library

Coverage : Inwood Hill Park, New York, NY Inwood (New York, N.Y.) Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : nitrate film; gelatin silver prints; 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches (negative); 10 x 8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:4426 rss-000424 rss-000424.tif

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Copyright held by: Queens Borough Public Library


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