Framed Photograph of a True Lignum Vital Tree
date: label: Date made
content: 1926
name: label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
label: photographer
content: Mell, C. D.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of a true lignum vital 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 in Trinidad and the image was made by C.D. Mell. The frame is made of lignum vitae on white pine.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad
topic: label: Subject
content: Trees
label: Subject
content: frames
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.115767.10
label: catalog number
content: AG*115767.10
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 10
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: 15 1/8 in x 13 1/4 in x 7/8 in; 38.4175 cm x 33.655 cm x 2.2225 cm