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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.

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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

SIA.FA13-280

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Accession 13-280

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Record ID

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

Rhipsalis n. sp., Ilha Grande, D. F., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 23, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate IX Film 7, A bundle of the yellow cinchona bark, outside Senor Munoz warehouse, the bark is in large pieces, 87, September 17, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Orbignya, Jardin Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (#2508 in garden), July 1915 (two 5" x 7" negatives)

Unidentified (three 7" x 9" negatives)

Plate XXII Film 2, Landscape, from Cotopaxi station, towards Cotopaxi, G & Q Railroad, 226, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate VIII Film 12, A gurongo, a sort of cabuya, near Biblian, 80, September 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Opuntia dillenii (?), Saint Croix, Danish West Indies, February 22, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

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

Unidentified (5" x 7" negative)

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

Cereus, Juparayba, Rio de Janeiro Bay, Brazil, 20285, July 17, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Opuntia ficus-indica, Cult., Cordoba, Argentina, September 8, 1915 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Cereus giganteus, Tanque Verde, Pima County, Arizona, 2182, March 29, 1903 (5" x 7" negative)

Plate IV Film 12, Senor Martinez, director of Quinta Normal, and Senor P. in front of Quinta Normal building, Ambato, 40, August 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Cereus macdonaldi (two 4" x 5" negatives)

Plate VIII Film 9, A shrine, paramo landscape, looking north, near Canar, 77, September 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Rhipsalis pilocarpa, plate 99 (5" x 7" negative)

(?), Ecuador, 22574, 1918 (three 5" x 7" negatives)

(?), Santo Domingo City, March 9, 1913 (two 5" x 7" negatives)

Plate VIII Film 1, Landscape from in front of Mr. Woods house, several bamboos on ridge, big tree in fore, at Ventura, 69, September 8, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXV Film 12, Manta Ecuador, 266, November 10, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Opuntia, "spineless", Cult. Cordoba, Argentina, September 7, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Atamisquea emarginata, Puntilla, Mendoza, Argentina, 21011, September 3, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)