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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 XXI Film 3, Part of the front of the cathedral, with tower, Quito, 216, October 31, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

(?), salmon-colored flowers, yellow spines, Antigua, British West Indies, February 7, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Views near Mendoza City, Argentina, September 1915 (four 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate XXV Film 11, Manta Ecuador, 265, November 10, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

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

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(?), English Harbor, Antigua, British West Indies, February 8, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Plate XIV Film 12, Landscape of Catamayo Valley, La Toma, 144, October 4, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

La Paz, Bolivia, August 15, 1914 (four 4" x 6" negatives)

Plate XIX Film 8, Landscape, two pointed mountains in center, lower one at one side, field of cane, at bottom, below Huigra, 197, October 23, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate IX Film 2, Panama straw drying, spread out on the ground and fastened on the line, it is brot from Guayaquil, Azoguez, 82, September 16, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Plate XXI Film 12, The American legation, Quito, 225, October 31, 1918 (4" x 5" negative)

Agave, Saint Kitts, British West Indies, February 2, 1913 (two 4" x 6" negatives)

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

Palm, Campo Santo, Bahia City, Brazil, May 27, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Pandanus, Jardin Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, July 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

(?), yellow spines, salmon-colored flowers, Antigua, British West Indies, February 7, 1913 (5" x 7" negative)

Erythrina. east of Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, 19759, June 4, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Acanthocereus, Machado Portella, Bahia, Brazil, 19903, June 19, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Opuntia inamoena, Barrinha, Bahia, June 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

Opuntia monacantha, Jardin Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, August 1915 (5" x 7" negative)

Cereus (yellow sp.), Puntilla, Mendoza, Argentina, September 3, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)

Echinocereus pectinatus, April 20, 1908 (three 4" x 5" negatives)

Rhipsalis grandiflora, base of Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 14, 1915 (4" x 6" negative)