Framed Photograph of an Ash Burl Tree
date: label: Date made
content: 1926
name: label: photographer
content: Howard, Alexander L.
label: frame maker
content: Bucher, William F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This photograph of an ash burl 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 displayed in the photograph is a fallen ash burl tree, and there are five men and three horses posed behind the downed ash.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: frames
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.115767.23
label: catalog number
content: AG*115767.23
label: accession number
content: 115767
label: maker number
content: 26
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: 12 1/4 in x 14 1/4 in x 1 in; 31.115 cm x 36.195 cm x 2.54 cm