Framed Photograph of a Blue Ash Tree
date: label: Date made
content: 1929
name: label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
label: photographer
content: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
notes: label: Description
content: This photograph of a blue 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. The collection represents a labor of love for Bucher, a cabinetmaker, who framed each photograph in wood of the same species as the tree depicted in the print. Bucher explained the philosophy behind his collection in a 1931 letter to the Museum: "'Old World' trees have gathered about them so much folklore and poetry, I thought it would be interesting to show by pictures and wood, that many of our American trees have attained by their own merits, an equal right to a place in the 'hall of fame.'"
label: Description
content: The tree depicted in this photograph was located in Kentucky and the image was made by the United States Forest Service. The frame is solid ash. It was displayed with Bucher's other framed photographs of living trees in a special exhibition, <I>Our Trees and their Woods</I> at the United States National Museum in 1931. The collection stands as a romantic reminder of America's diverse forestry resources and landscapes in the early years of the 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Kentucky
topic: label: Subject
content: frames
label: Subject
content: Trees
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content: Work and Industry: Forestry
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Photography
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William F. Bucher
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.115767.22
label: catalog number
content: AG*115767.22
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 25
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: 39 cm x 34 cm; 15 3/8 in x 13 3/8 in