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Title	Balmville Tree, Newburgh, N.Y.
Date.Original	1973
Description	This is a hand colored postcard picturing the Balmville Tree, the oldest Eastern Cottonwood on record in the United States. A core sample taken by Harvard University in 1953 indicated that it started growing in 1699. It is situated at the intersection of what were two Indian trails, now known as Balmville Road and River Road in Balmville, a hamlet in the Town of Newburgh. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has named it a historic site and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has designated it as a public historic park, making it New York's smallest at 348 square feet. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2000. It once reached as high as 110 feet but currently it is 25 feet in circumference at its base and 83 feet high.
Subject.LCSH	Newburgh (N.Y.)-Pictorial Works
Subject.TGM	Trees Historic sites Nature Plants Historic parks
Location	Newburgh - Orange County - New York
HRVH Topic	Landscape & Nature
Language	eng
Format.Original	postcard; col.; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Resource Type	Still Image
Source	Hazel V. Owens Collection
Resource Identifier	balmvilletree001.jpg
Publisher.Digital	Newburgh Free Library
Date.Digital	2012-07
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Digital Collection	Newburgh Postcards Newburgh Free Library Historic Images
Holding Institution	Newburgh Free Library
Contact Information	124 Grand Street; Newburgh, NY 12550; 845-563-3645; http://www.newburghlibrary.org
Rights	This digital image may be used for education or scholarly purposes without restriction. Please contact the Newburgh Free Library for information.

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