Framed Photograph of a Mahogany Grove
date: label: Date made
content: 1924
name: label: photographer
content: Mell, C. D.
label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of a mahogany 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 Valencia, Venezuela, and the image was taken by C.D. Mell. The frame is made of thin mahogany veneer on cypress. The back bead is walnut and the glass bead is satin wood.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: frames
label: Subject
content: Trees
setName: label: See more items in
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.115767.08
label: catalog number
content: AG*115767.08
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 8
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: 31.4 cm x 25.8 cm; 12 3/8 in x 10 3/16 in