Framed Photograph of an Andaman Padauk Tree
date: label: Date made
content: 1908
label: Date made
content: 1932
name: label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
label: photographer
content: Forest Research Institute
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of an Andaman padauk 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: This photo was taken by the Forest Research Institute in Dehra Dun, India. The frame has a veneer made of Andaman padauk on a tulip poplar back, the glass bead is satin wood and the back bead is stained black Andaman padauk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: Place Made
content: India
topic: label: Subject
content: Trees
label: Subject
content: frames
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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.124450.02
label: catalog number
content: AG*124450.02
label: accession number
content: 124450
label: maker number
content: 14
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 1/2 in x 16 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 46.99 cm x 41.275 cm x 4.445 cm