Identity area
Reference code
CA MHC 508-1.0
Title
Chortitza Oak tree
Date(s)
- [between 1930-1949?] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The famous Chortitza Oak tree, surrounded by a white picket fence; a parked vehicle and several people can be seen in front of the fence. There is also a hydro electric power line running parallel to the fence. The handwritten Russian annotation of the back (also translated into German by another handwriting) gives the following description: A natural landmark since the 13th century at Zaporozhye over Chortitza; height: 36 m; trunk diameter 2.013 m; crown diameter 43 m; trunk circumference 6.32 m.