Label Tree Program, 1954, photo 2
 

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“Label Tree Program, 1954, photo 2,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed November 21, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/7666.


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Title

Label Tree Program, 1954, photo 2

Description

This image shows members of the Science Club's Label Tree Program in March 1954 in front of the second Administration Building, built 1924. Also called Operation Marker, the Club designed name plates identifying the most prominent trees on campus in February, and in March put them on the trunks of the trees. From left to right, Edith June Sheets, Chris Elliot, Dorothy Travis, Maxine Hartman, Dr. Arnold Van Pelt, David Barnhardt, Jean Hopkins, Michael Harrelson, unknown, Dr. Irwin Watson Carpenter, and Charles Hancock. David Barnhardt can be seen pointing at one of the labels already attached to the tree in the middle of the image. The tags were made out of copper and bore the scientific and common names of the tree.

Subject

Student Activities
Students
Science
Clubs
Appalachian State University

Source

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Science Department--Label Tree Program March 1954, C14.1.4.2

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Date

1954-03

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Temporal Coverage

1950s

Corporate Names

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Science Club

Place Names

Administration Building (1924)

Series

Series 2 -- Events

File name

0367_2003_080_A.jpg

Sponsors

The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.

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