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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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Opuntia tomentosa, Jardin Botanico, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 25, 1915 (three 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate XXI Film 1, Opuntia group, very spiny, San Antonio, 214, October 29, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate I Film 6, Cactus trees on side of mountain, near Huigra, taken from railroad above Casa Grande, 3 August 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXI Film 8, The Jesuit church from side, Quito, 221, October 31, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Unidentified, 1914 (eight 4" x 6" negatives)

Carica, chamburo, near guava tree, Huigra, 267, August 21, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Annona, outskirts (Cult.) of Bahia City, Brazil, 19666, May 28, 1916 (?) (4" x 6" negative)

Plate V Film 4, Opuntia tuna, Opuntia tree on the old Royal Road to Quito downhill past the Quinta Normal, Professor Pachano is in it, Ambato, 44, August 25, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate VIII Film 3, Red passaflora, on fence on east side of Casa Grande, at Huigra, 71, September 10, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Raspberry-bee, Antigua, British West Indies, February 11, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Cereus jamacaru, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 15, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Plate VIII Film 5, A heliotrope, in the yard of Casa Grande along the walk, at Huigra, 73, September 10, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate IX Film 6, A single bundle of the gray bark from Senor Munoz's warehouse, the small thin bark, Azogues, 86, September 17, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Mimosa, east of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, 19748, June 4, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Dr. Rose, K Film (six 4" x 5" negatives)

Opuntia dillenii, ray filter, Antigua, British West Indies, 32, February 13, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Juncus, Serra d'Itatiaya, Brazil, 2300 m., 20537, July 28, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Rhipsalis cavernosa, (Dr. Lofgren nearby), Ilha Grande, D. F., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 23, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Ilha Grande, D. F., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 24, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

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

Plate XX Film 12, A group of very spiny Opuntia, San Antonio, 213, October 29, 1918 (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)

Plate XVI Film 8, Landscape, road to Santa Rosa, Portovelo, 163, October 7, 1918 (1 4" x 5" negative)

Plate VI Film 8, A little opuntia that grows close to the ground, the bane of bare feet, Sibambe, 53, August 29, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)