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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.

sova.sia.fa13-280

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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Record ID

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Plate XV Film 1, Our party at La Toma, 145 (4" x 5" negative)

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

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

Plate IX Film 12, Woman selling tree tomatoes, 92 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIV Film 9, Acacia tree, La Toma, 141, October 4, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIII Film 7, Landscape, hut on top of mount, 127 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVIII Film 6, The beach at Puna, a bayou running in tree of both sides, Puna, 183, October 19, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIV Film 11, Sapota tree, La Toma, 143, October 4, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate X Film 8, Former President Cordero's home in Cuenca, 94, September 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XV Film 3, Landscape of Catamayo, La Toma, 147, October 4, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVI Film 5, Trunk of silk cotton tree, near Portovelo, 160, October 6, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XII Film 9, Paramo landscape, Cumbe to Nabon, 117, September 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XI Film 3, Norfolk pines in center of plaza, Cuenca, 100, September 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XI Film 2, A picture of the old cathedral, mission style, Cuenca, 99, September 24, 1918 ( 4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIX Film 10, A tree belonging to the poppy family, below Huigra, 199, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XX Film 1, Trunk of balsa trees, along the railroad, between Huigra and Ventura, 203, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Unidentified, part of requisition 6137 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XII Film 11, Serpentine formation, Nabon to Ona, 119, September 26, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XV Film 7, Cactus covered hillside, 151 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XI Film 12, Agaves planted on wall, young agaves, Cuenca to Cumbe, 108, September 24, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVIII Film 12, 2 Canar Indians with samaras of sheepskin, blue shirts, arrieros, 189 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVIII Film 11, Turmo, a tree with clusters of a small orange berry of which a dulce is made, Huigra, 188, October 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)