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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramPeople admiring "The Senator" tree - Longwood, Florida
Image Number
RC20974
Date Note
Photographed on August 9, 1946.
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Collection
Reference collection
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Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 6 in.
General Note
The cypress is 128 ft. high, 47 feet in circumference, 17.5 feet in diameter and 3,500 years old. It was named the Senator because the land on which it stands was deeded to the county by state senator M.O. Overstreet in 1929.
It was later destroyed by fire on January 16, 2012.
People admiring "The Senator" tree - Longwood, Florida
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