Framed Photograph of Brazilian Walnut Logs
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
name: label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
label: photographer
content: Pan American Union
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of Brazilian walnut wood 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 logs shown in this photograph were located in New York, New York. The Bureau of American Republics gave the image in the frame to William Bucher. The frame is made of Brazilian Walnut (Imbuya) veneer on spruce, and the back band is made of ebony.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Trees
label: Subject
content: frames
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
label: See more items in
content: Natural Resources
label: See more items in
content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.115767.44
label: catalog number
content: AG*115767.44
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 49
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: 13 9/16 in x 16 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 34.44875 cm x 42.2275 cm x 1.905 cm