Framed Photograph of a White Ash Tree
date: label: Date made
content: 1931
name: label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
label: photographer
content: Bucher, William F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of a white ash tree 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 tree depicted in this photograph was located on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with the Capitol visible in the background. The image was made by William Bucher. The frame is made of white ash veneer on chestnut, with an ebony back band and an Andaman padauk glass bead.
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
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.115767.43
label: catalog number
content: 115767.43
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 48
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: 12 3/16 in x 10 3/16 in x 7/8 in; 30.95625 cm x 25.87625 cm x 2.2225 cm