Smithsonian Institution Department of Botany photograph collection relating to South America
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 95
name: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Botany
label: Names
content: Smith, Albert C. (Albert Charles), 1906-1999
place: label: Place
content: South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Canoes and canoeing
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
creator: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Department of Botany
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of South America
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 75 Lantern slides
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: The slides were received from the Smithsonian Department of Botany through Robert M. Laughlin.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.95
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Lantern slides
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Lantern slides
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs probably made on an expedition or other field research in South America documenting the region's agriculture, people, and scenery. The collection includes images of botanical specimens, South American peoples, llamas, Native and Western-style buildings, and canoes and waterways. The images contain signage in both Spanish and Portuguese, suggesting that the photographs were made in multiple countries. According to a note kept with the collection, Albert Charles Smith may have been the photographer for all or part of this collection.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds records of the Department of Botany.