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

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

Plate XIV Film 12, Landscape of Catamayo Valley, La Toma, 144, October 4, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIX Film 8, Landscape, two pointed mountains in center, lower one at one side, field of cane, at bottom, below Huigra, 197, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate IX Film 2, Panama straw drying, spread out on the ground and fastened on the line, it is brot from Guayaquil, Azoguez, 82, September 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXI Film 12, The American legation, Quito, 225, October 31, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Agave, Saint Kitts, British West Indies, February 2, 1913 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Pandanus, Jardin Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, July 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

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

Opuntia inamoena, Barrinha, Bahia, June 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

Cereus (yellow sp.), Puntilla, Mendoza, Argentina, September 3, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

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

Plate XVII Film 7, Camellones, 172, October 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

"Cooper-hoop tree," Antigua, British West Indies, February 5, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

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

Plate XX Film 3, Two trees of a so called balsa wood, along G & Q Railroad, between Huigra and Ventura, 204, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXIV Film 7, Landscape, a hill near Duran, 252, November 7, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XII Film 7, Paramo landscape, paramo hills form horizon, Cumbe to Nabon, 115, September 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Opuntia inamoena Schum., Serros dos Ilheus (Minas Gerais), Glaziou 14864, December 4, 1883, Frutescent, flores amarellentos (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XI Film 4, A view of the plaza, Cuenca, 101, September 24, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Castalia ampla (DC) small, Antigua, British West Indies, February 4, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate VII Film 6, Tagua, 40 feet high, total height, Papayal Hacienda, kilom 103, G & Q Railroad, 63, September 8, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXIV Film 2, A bamboo raft on the edge of the Guayas River, along the Malecon, Guayaquil, 247, November 6, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)