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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

SIA.FA13-280

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Accession 13-280

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Plate VII Film 4, Chamburo, the big green fruited chamburo, Huigra, 61, September 7, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXI Film 5, The other end of the cathedral, Quito, 218, October 31, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXIV Film 12, An annona tree, near Duran, 256, November 7, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

"Pterocactus" = opuntia (5" x 7" negative)

"Epostoa" (?), 19785 (5" x 7" negative)

Unidentified, October 1913 (4"x6" negative)

Agave, English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, February 6, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate IV Film 3, Juglans, nogal, walnut tree in garden on edge of Ambato near railroad, Ambato, 31, August 24, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate III Film 3, Chamburo tree in rear of hotel, Huigra, 20, August 20, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXII Film 3, Mount Corazon, up the railroad, G & Q Railroad, between Quito and R., 227, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Hyalis(?) argentea, Puntilla, Mendoza, Argentina, 21013, September 3, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Echinocereus, Opuntia Atrispina, Devil's River, Texas, October 16, 1913 (four 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate XXII Film 5, An Ecuadorian officer, major, G & Q Railroad, between Quito and R., 229, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate XXIII Film 12, Man shoveling chocolate in streets of Guayaquil, 245, November 6, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XX Film 11, Mats in the open mart, Quito, 212, October 28, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXI Film 11, A trumpet tree, orange flowers, in the legation garden, Quito, 224, October 31, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate V Film 6, Landscape of cacti, near railroad to Quito, outskirts of Ambato looking across ravine, F. and Prof. P. in center, 46, August 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXI Film 2, A large group of round opuntias, San Antonio, 215, October 29, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate IX Film 5, In the store room of Senor Munoz, the yellow bark packed in bundles and one covered ready for shipping, Azogues, 85, September 17, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXII Film 4, 2 snowcapped mountains, G & Q Railroad, between Quito and R., 228, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate I Film 10, A cabuya plant on bluff overlooking Casa Grande, 100 feet from church, on Licay Hacienda, Huigra, 7, August 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate III Film 4, The market crowd around the station at Huigra where the train stops, the train will arrive in a minute, 21 (4" x 5" negative)