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

Plate XIII Film 10, Lucuma tree in Loja, 130 (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)

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 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)

Plate XX Film 4, Bombax, 2 trees with flowers, between Huigra and Ventura, 205, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XV Film 12, Landscape, cloud scene, early morning, 155, October 5, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVII Film 12, A large silk cotton tree, near Santa Rosa, 177, October 18, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

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

Plate XIV Film 1, Blackberry bushes, Loja, 133, September 30, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XII Film 12, Landscape, paramos in distance, a few trees on top of hill, long fore, Nabon to Ona, 120, September 26, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XI Film 5, A small artocarpus in the plaza at Cuenca, Senor P. stands behind it, 102, September 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate XVIII Film 3, Cephalocereus, tree cactus, leaning against tree with yellow flowers, thicket below, tree high above, Santa Rosa, 180, October 18, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIII Film 11, Cardiospermum loxensis, Loja, 131, September 30, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIII Film 2, A rathbunia in flower, pink flower, Nabon to Ona, 122, September 26, 1918 ( black and white photograph)

Plate XIX Film 3, A field of pepino, or tree cucumber on the Licay Hacienda, Huigra, 192, October 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Unidentified (eighty-six 4" x 5" negatives)

Plate XIII Film 1, Rathbunia cactus in flower, Nabon to Ona, 121, September 26, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)