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Curatorial Records

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Object Details

Descriptive Entry

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.
sova.sia.fa13-280

Place

Ecuador
Brazil
Argentina
Dominican Republic
West Indies, British
Danish West Indies

Topic

Botany
Cactus
Botanists

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Curatorial Records

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

ebl-1503510549531-1503510549547-0

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

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

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

Unidentified cacti (sketches)

Furcraea cubensis, Azua, Santo Domingo, March 16, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Cephalocereus, Azua, Santo Domingo, March 16, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Slender stem (5" x 7" negative)

Unidentified cacti (black and white photograph)

Opuntia, English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, 8, February 8, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Echinocereus, April 20, 1908 (4" x 5" negative)

(?), (about half-natural size), beans = Abrus praecatorius, Antigua, British West Indies, February 9, 1913 (two 5" x 7" negatives)

(?), salmon-colored flowers, yellow spines, Antigua, British West Indies, February 7, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Untitled

(?), English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, February 8, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

(?), yellow spines, salmon-colored flowers, Antigua, British West Indies, February 7, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Echinocereus pectinatus, April 20, 1908 (three 4" x 5" negatives)

Opuntia, south of Azua, Santo Domingo, March 13, 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

Melocactus, English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, 9, February 8, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Opuntia taylori, south of Azua, Santo Domingo, March 13, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Cereus lepidorus, Antigua, British West Indies, February 13, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Slender stem (5" x 7" negative)

(?), (photograft by Mr. Crandall at Agriculture greenhouse, D.C.), near Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 8, 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

Cephalocereus, blue stem, Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies, March 5, 1913 (two 5" x 7" negatives)

Unidentified (three 7" x 9" negatives)


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