Amon Carter print details

Petrified Forest near Adamana, Arizona

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1915-1930

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Halftone print

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. printed: H2644

    l.c. to l.r. printed: PETRIFIED FOREST NEAR ADAMANA, ARIZONA.

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: A few miles from Adamana, on the Santa \ Fe, is one of the marvels for which Arizona \ is famous. It is a tract more than 2,000 \ acres in extent, known as the Petrified For- \ est, which is a formation of sandstone rest- \ ing on volcanic ash. Protruding from the sandstone, in water-worn basins and gulches, \ and scattered everywhere over the surface \ are innumerable pertrified trunks of trees, or \ fragments varying in size from mere chips to \ huge segments ten feet in diameter. These \ petrified logs were probably formed by the \ action of heat and water. It is believed that \ these trees grew upon the shore of an inland \ sea and after falling became water-logged and \ the cell structure was replaced by silica.

    c.l. printed along left edge: PUBLSIHED BY FRED HARVEY

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.330

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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