Framed Photograph of Peirce Mill
date: label: Date made
content: 1927
name: label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
label: photographer
content: Bucher, William F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of Peirce Mill is one of forty-nine framed black and white photographic prints bequeathed to the Smithsonian by William F. Bucher of Washington, D.C. Bucher, a cabinetmaker, framed each photograph in wood of the same species as the tree depicted in the print. The photos were displayed in a special exhibition, <I>Our Trees and their Woods</I> at the United States National Museum in 1931.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The oak tree depicted in this photograph was located by Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park, and the image was made by William Bucher. The frame is made from oak taken from the sluice box of the mill that had been in the water for more than 100 years.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Trees
label: Subject
content: frames
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William F. Bucher
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.115767.19
label: catalog number
content: AG*115767.19
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph & frame
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 36.83 cm x 41.91 cm x 1.5875 cm