Framed Photograph of a Fig Tree
date: label: Date made
content: 1931
name: label: photographer
content: Dr Gould
label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of a fig 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 near E Street in Washington, D.C. and the image was made by Dr. Gould of the U.S. Dept of Agriculture. The frame has a fig wood veneer and chestnut back, with a glass bead of Andaman padauk and a black bead of rosewood.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Trees
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content: Work and Industry: Forestry
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William F. Bucher
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.124450.05
label: accession number
content: 124450
label: catalog number
content: AG*124450.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph: fig tree
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 10 in x 1 in; 20.32 cm x 25.4 cm x 2.54 cm