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This accession consists of images of cacti maintained by curator Joseph Nelson Rose. Most images were taken in Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, the British West Indies, and the Danish West Indies. Some images of people, buildings, and landscapes are also present. Materials are mostly glass plate negatives and nitrate negatives. There is also a small amount of black and white photographs, illustrations, sketches, and notes.

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Place

Ecuador

Brazil

Argentina

Dominican Republic

West Indies, British

Danish West Indies

Topic

Botany

Cactus

Botanists

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Extent

1.58 cu. ft. (1 document box) (3 5x8 boxes)

Date

1899-1918

Archival Repository

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Identifier

Accession 13-280

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Manuscripts

Scientific illustrations

Sketches

Black-and-white photographs

Nitrate materials

Glass negatives

Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-280, United States National Museum. Division of Plants, Curatorial Records

Genre/Form

Manuscripts

Scientific illustrations

Sketches

Black-and-white photographs

Nitrate materials

Glass negatives

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Accession 13-280

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Record ID

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Opuntia, Saint Kitts, British West Indies, February 3, 1913 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Bluff with Xerophytes, Antigua, British West Indies, February 1913 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Cephalocereus, east of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, 19758, June 4, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

51.2 Children (4" x 5" negative)

Opuntia viridiflora, E. conoideus (Boyle's Garden), Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 1913 (six 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate IV Film 10, Plant in Quinta Normal, 38, August 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Echinocereus procumbens, April 20, 1908 (two 4" x 5" negatives)

Cereus giganteus, Tanque Verde, Pima County, Arizona, 2183, March 29, 1903 (5" x 7" negative)

26.5 Cacti (unspecified) (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXIV Film 3, A view of the waterfront near the American Consulate, Guayaquil, 248, November 6, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

View of Christiansted, Saint Croix, Danish West Indies, February 25, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate XII Film 6, Paramo landscape valley in fore, round hill at one side, far distant hills, Cumbe to Nabon, 114, September 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate IX Film 3, Looking into the cinchona store of Senor Munoz, roja or grey bark in picture, 2 bundles in front of others, Azogues, 83, September 17, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Cereus, Botanical Garden, April 1908 (4" x 5" negative)

Opuntia inamoena, Horto Florestal, 19726, June 3, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Cereus giganteus in canyon below Oracle, 2175, March 27, 1903 (5" x 7" negative)

Dr. Rose, B Film (three 4" x 5" negatives)

(?), Antigua, British West Indies, February 11, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Bombax, east of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, 19747, June 4, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Pilocereus erythrocephalus (?), near Mendoza City, Argentina, 20991 (?), September 1, 1915 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Tree, yellow flowers, near Cassaffousth, Cordoba, Argentina, September 9, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate VIII Film 10, Landscape showing paramos, forested hill in fore, separate ridge a bit distant, cattle grazing, 78 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXII Film 6, Two snowcapped mountains, G & Q Railroad, between Quito and R., 230, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate VII Film 2, Nispera, fruits, small, brownish, Huigra, 59, September 7, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)