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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

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Accession 13-280

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Record ID

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Plate XVI Film 4, Silk cotton tree, near Portovelo, 159, October 6, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

42.5 Cacti/animals (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIX Film 7, An achiote tree on the Licay Hacienda, Huigra, 196, October 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVIII Film 4, New cactus beside, cephalocereus, Santa Rosa, 181, October 18, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XII Film 8, Paramo landscape, blackened hillsides, Cumbe to Nabon, 116, September 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIV Film 8, Old man cactus, Loja to La Toma, 140, October 3, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIX Film 11, A negruto (?) tree, against a mountain in the shade, below Huigra, 200, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate XI Film 8, A cereus flower, Cuenca, 104, September 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

43.5 Cacti (unspecified)/people/animals (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVII Film 5, Cactus clump on rock near river on road from Portovelo to Santa Rosa, 170, October 15, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XI Film 9, Cordero's garden, clouded mountains, river, Cuenca, 105, September 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVI Film 7, Landscape, Portovelo, 162, October 7, 1918 (1 4" x 5" negative)

Plate XX Film 6, Densely wooded mountain side, large tree at left, mist at top, between Huigra and Ventura, 207, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XX Film 2, Two balsa trees along G & Q Railroad between Huigra and Ventura, 202, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVII Film 11, 176 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVI Film 10, Landscape, Portovelo in distance, near Portovelo, 164, October 13, 1918 (1 4" x 5" negative)

Plate XI Film 7, A woman spinning thread, in front of hotel, Cuenca, 103, September 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate XII Film 5, Our road to Nabon, part of round hill, pasture in fore, 113, September 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVII Film 1, Fig tree by Tweedy's home, Portovelo, 167, October 14, 1918 (1 4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVI Film 3, Landscape, San Pedro to Portovelo, 158 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate X Film 9, Three locks on the door of a store above the hotel, across from Governor Malo's home in Cuenca, 95, September 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)