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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
SIA.FA13-280
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Accession 13-280
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Record ID

ebl-1503510549531-1503510549547-0

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Cereus pittieri (?) (two 4" x 5" negatives)

Cephalocereus, slender stem, Saint Thomas, Danish West Indies, March 4, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

"Pterocactus" = opuntia (5" x 7" negative)

"Epostoa" (?), 19785 (5" x 7" negative)

Unidentified, October 1913 (4"x6" negative)

Agave, English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, February 6, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Cereus jamacaru, Machado Portella, Bahia, Brazil, June 22, 1915 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate IV Film 3, Juglans, nogal, walnut tree in garden on edge of Ambato near railroad, Ambato, 31, August 24, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

La Serena, Chile, October 9, 1914 (three 4" x 6" negatives)

Cyathea arborea (L.) Sm., Sanchez, Santo Domingo, 4391, April 2, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate III Film 3, Chamburo tree in rear of hotel, Huigra, 20, August 20, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Dr. Rose, A Film (two 5" x 7" negatives)

Cactus, Saint Kitts, British West Indies, February 3, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate XXII Film 3, Mount Corazon, up the railroad, G & Q Railroad, between Quito and R., 227, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Hyalis(?) argentea, Puntilla, Mendoza, Argentina, 21013, September 3, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

(Pterocactus) Cereus (Herb. Specimen), [La Rioja, Argentina, Entre Cerros Colorado y Paganzo, February 1896], August 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

Echinocereus, Opuntia Atrispina, Devil's River, Texas, October 16, 1913 (four 4" x 6" negatives)

Unidentified, part of requisition 6137 (5" x 7" negatives)

Plate XXII Film 5, An Ecuadorian officer, major, G & Q Railroad, between Quito and R., 229, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate XXIII Film 12, Man shoveling chocolate in streets of Guayaquil, 245, November 6, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Pilocereus (taken at greenhouse) (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate XX Film 11, Mats in the open mart, Quito, 212, October 28, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)


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