The Oldest Plant in the World-This is a two-billion-year-old fossil of an algae that Harvard University says is the oldest specimen of plant life ever found. The fossil, found near Lake Superior, is magnified 725 times.

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Title:
The Oldest Plant in the World-This is a two-billion-year-old fossil of an algae that Harvard University says is the oldest specimen of plant life ever found. The fossil, found near Lake Superior, is magnified 725 times.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Fossil
Date:
[ca. February 1954]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Fossils
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 103 x 130 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/9p2938743
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_001199_0011
Barcode:
39999088103237