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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

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Accession 13-280

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Record ID

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Plate XVII Film 8, Palm trees, Ayapamba to La Chonta, 173, October 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XV Film 8, Parasitic cactus, 152 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIX Film 6, The yucca plants and a lanna(?) like plant, on the Licay Hacienda, Huigra, 195, October 22, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXIV Film 5, Acacia, with long thorns, Duran, 250, November 7, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XIV Film 2, Street scene from our casa de pasada, 134 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Plate XXIV Film 4, Rhamnus, a shrub, Duran, 249, November 7, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

Harbor at Saint John, Antigua, British West Indies, 33, February 13, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XXII Film 12, Cherry tree at Latacunga, G & Q Railroad, 236, November 1, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXIII Film 8, Mount Chimborazo, G & Q Railroad, between R. and H., 241, November 2, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXI Film 6, The old Jesuit church, taken from side, Quito, 219, October 31, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Furcraea [?], Azua, Santo Domping, March 16, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Cereus (?), Antigua, British West Indies, February 13, 1913 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate III Film 11, Bamboo climbing over trees, small feathery plant, found above Kelly Grade, Licay Hacienda, Huigra, 27, August 21, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate VI Film 11, A yucca tree in yard of Casa Grande, Huigra, 56, September 4, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

(?), Ecuador, 22574, 1918 (three black and white photographs)

Ficus, Cult. in park, Saint John, Antigua, British West Indies, February 11, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Echinopsis, Cosquin, Cordoba, Argentina, 21072, September 10, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate XVI Film 2, Landscape, side mount, a valley, distant mounts, cloudy sky, San Pedro to Portovelo, 157 (4" x 5" negative)

Palm, June 21, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

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

Opuntia, Saint Thomas, Dutch West Indies, January 31, 1913 (?) (two 4" x 6" negatives)

Dr. Rose, I Film (five 4" x 5" negatives)