Framed Photograph of an American Black Walnut Tree
Framed Photograph of an American Black Walnut Tree
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- Description (Brief)
- This photograph of a black walnut 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 Georgia and the image was made by U.S. Forestry Service. The frame is made of quarter-inch walnut veneer on white pine.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph & frame
- Date made
- 1931
- frame maker
- Bucher, William F.
- photographer
- U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service
- place made
- United States: Georgia
- Physical Description
- wood (frame material)
- glass (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 1/8 in x 16 1/8 in x 1 in; 53.6575 cm x 40.9575 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- AG.115767.41
- catalog number
- 115767.41
- accession number
- 115767
- maker number
- 44
- Credit Line
- William F. Bucher
- subject
- Trees
- frames
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- Work and Industry: Forestry
- Natural Resources
- Photography
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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