Framed Photograph of Live Oak Tree
date: label: Date made
content: 1930
name: label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
label: photographer
content: Johnson, Geo. W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of an oak 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. 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 Middleton Place, South Carolina. The image was Photo by courtesy of George W. Johnson and the Chamber of Commerce, Charleston, South Carolina. The frame is made of quarter-inch oak veneer on an ash back frame.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: South Carolina, Charleston, Middleton Place
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.115767.21
label: catalog number
content: 115767.21
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 24
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: 18 5/8 in x 22 5/16 in x 1 5/16 in; 47.3075 cm x 56.67375 cm x 3.33375 cm