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Title: Alum Rock Park Meteor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1895-1905
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Publication Information: Acmegraph Company
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Historic Postcard Collection
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: A man stands on top of Alum Rock Park "Meteor." A second man stands on the hillside. Between the men is a sign identifying the meteor. This was a major tourist attraction in the park, although some scientists believed it was not a true meteor but merely an outcropping of rock. Because of its high manganese content, during WWI the meteor was broken up and taken away for smelting as part of the war effort.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner as a 600 dpi TIFF image and 16-bit RGB color. Compressed to JPEG format using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 3.5 x 5.5 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplpc/id/124
Language: English
Subject: Parks
Boulders
Tourists
Place: San Jose
California
Source: Historic Postcard Collection

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