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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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Opuntia triacantha, Antigua, British West Indies, 3304, February 6, 1913 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Echinocactus alteolens Schum., Cuyaba, Mato Grosso, March 1911, F. C. Hoehne 5859, Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (5" x 7" negative)

Plate III Film 5, The train has come, the people hurry to the hotel to get something to eat, women are going along the cars selling fruit, and bread, 22, August 20, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Andira jamaicensis ("walnut tree"), near Claremont, Antigua, British West Indies, February 10, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

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

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

Unidentified cacti (sketches)

Rhipsalis, base of Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, 20179, July 9, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Lower California, 1911 (nine 4" x 5" negatives)

Pisonia aculeate, near Hamilton, Antigua, British West Indies, 3274 (?), February 5, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Unidentified (1 5" x 7" negative)

Plate III Film 2, Chamburo tree in rear of hotel at Huigra, light poor, 19, August 20, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Box 1

Cereus, Horto Florestal, near Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, June 6, 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XIX Film 9, A field of sugar cane, on mountainside, below Huigra, 198, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate XXV Film 6, Waterfront of Guayaquil, 262, November 8, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XVII Film 9, Limon Playa, 174, October 17, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

8.5 Building (4" x 5" negative)

Bombax, Cult., San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo, March 26, 1913 (4" x 6" negative)

Furcraea cubensis, Azua, Santo Domingo, March 16, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

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

Populus, Mendoza, Argentina, September 3, 1915 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate XII Film 10, Paramo landscape, valleys, Cumbe to Nabon, 118, September 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)