Framed Photograph of a Butternut Tree
Framed Photograph of a Butternut Tree
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- Description (Brief)
- This photograph of a butternut 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, Our Trees and their Woods at the United States National Museum in 1931.
- The tree depicted in this photograph was located in Dolly Copp Campground, White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire. The image was made by the U.S. Forest Service. The frame is made of solid butternut wood.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph & frame
- Date made
- 1933
- photographer
- U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
- frame maker
- Bucher, William F.
- Place Made
- United States: New Hampshire
- Physical Description
- wood (frame material)
- glass (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in x 11/16 in; 29.845 cm x 34.925 cm x 1.74625 cm
- ID Number
- AG.124450.03
- catalog number
- AG*124450.03
- accession number
- 124450
- maker number
- 16
- Credit Line
- William F. Bucher
- subject
- Trees
- frames
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- Work and Industry: Agriculture
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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