Framed Photograph of Elephants Dragging Logs
date: label: Date made
content: 1923
label: Date made
content: 1926
name: label: photographer
content: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
label: photographer
content: Indian Government
label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of elephants dragging logs 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 trees depicted in this photograph were located in Burma and the U.S. Forest Service captured the image. The frame is made of teak wood, the back bead is ebony, and the glass bead is amaranth. The teak and ebony came from the doors of Sacred Heart Church in Washington, D.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Trees
label: Subject
content: frames
label: Subject
content: Elephants
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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.115767.11
label: catalog number
content: AG*115767.11
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 11
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: 10 1/8 in x 12 3/16 in x 1 in; 25.7175 cm x 30.95625 cm x 2.54 cm