Framed Photograph of a Giant Cactus
date: label: Date made
content: 1932
name: label: photographer
content: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of a giant cactus 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. The photo comes courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service. The frame is made of a cactus veneer on cypress wood.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Arizona
topic: label: Subject
content: Trees
label: Subject
content: frames
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content: Work and Industry: Forestry
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.124450.06
label: accession number
content: AG*124450.06
label: accession number
content: 124450
label: maker number
content: 50
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: 25 1/2 in x 21 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 64.77 cm x 53.975 cm x 10.795 cm