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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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Andira jamaicensis ("walnut tree"), near Claremont, Antigua, British West Indies, February 10, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

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

Unidentified cacti (sketches)

Rhipsalis, base of Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, 20179, July 9, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Lower California, 1911 (nine 4" x 5" negatives)

Pisonia aculeate, near Hamilton, Antigua, British West Indies, 3274 (?), February 5, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Unidentified (1 5" x 7" negative)

Plate III Film 2, Chamburo tree in rear of hotel at Huigra, light poor, 19, August 20, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Box 1

Cereus, Horto Florestal, near Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, June 6, 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

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

Plate XXV Film 6, Waterfront of Guayaquil, 262, November 8, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

8.5 Building (4" x 5" negative)

Bombax, Cult., San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo, March 26, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

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

Populus, Mendoza, Argentina, September 3, 1915 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Opuntia spinosior, cut two years ago, showing new growth, fenced area, Santa Rita Forest Reserve, Arizona, 2126, March 1903 (5" x 7" negative)

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

Plate XXI Film 10, Another view of the large leafed plant in garden of the legation, Quito, 223, October 31, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate IV Film 9, Carrot, zhanoria in Quinta Normal, Ambato, 37, August 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Rhipsalis, Concepcion del Uruguay, Entre Rios, Argentina (P. G. Lorentz #1782, 1879), September 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

Mammillaria nivosa Link, English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, 3307, February 6, 1913 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Slender stem (5" x 7" negative)

General views, Jardin Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 1915 (4" x 6" negative)


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