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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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Plate IV Film 6, Juglans, nogal, walnut tree on Senor P. land, on edge of A., Ambato, 34, August 24, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Pterocactus tuberosa, Portrerillos, Mendoza, Argentina, 21000, September 2, 1915 (three 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate IX Film 1, Panama straw drying, spread out on the ground and fastened on the line, it is brot from Guayaquil, Azogues, 81, September 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Pereskia moorei, Hoehne's collection from Mato Grosso, Brazil (5" x 7" negative)

Opuntia domingensis, road from Azua to sea, Santo Domingo, March 12, 1913 (two 5" x 7" negatives)

Plate XXIV Film 6, Prosopis, a shrub with yellow beans, Duran, 251, November 7, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Opuntia, Antigua, British West Indies, 29, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XIII Film 8, A hut on the road to Loja, Las Juntas to Loja, 128 (4" x 5" negative)

Agave, English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, 4, February 8, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Near El Paso, Texas, October 1913 (three 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate XIII Film 10, Lucuma tree in Loja, 130 (4" x 5" negative)

Cereus, Azua, Santo Domingo, March 13, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XXIII Film 1, Mount Tungurahua, with smoke, on one side, G & Q Railroad, between Quito and R., 237, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIX Film 5, A row of zanahoria, on the Licay Hacienda, Huigra, 194, October, 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVIII Film 2, Tree cactus, 25 feet high, leaning against a tree, partly obscured, cephalocereus, 179 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate X Film 11, A tree with large berries on the side of a stream near Cuenca, a solanum, 97, September 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Opuntia rubescens, Serra de Sao Jose (Minas), December 10, 1883, Glaziou 14865, arbusto flores amarellentos (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XX Film 5, A lamai tree, (different from the one above Kelly Grade, Huigra), growing on rocky wall, between Huigra and Ventura, 206, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate IX Film 1, Man selling rondadors, 91 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIII Film 12, Piper plant, Loja, 132, September 30, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate VIII Film 2, A trumpet flower tree in the yard of Casa Grande, Huigra, 70, September 10, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

49.2 Children (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVII Film 4, The hospital at Portevelo, the only place in Ecuador other than the consulate and Legation where the American flag flies, 169 (4" x 5" negative)