Natural Resources
The natural resources collections offer centuries of evidence about how Americans have used the bounty of the American continent and coastal waters. Artifacts related to flood control, dam construction, and irrigation illustrate the nation's attempts to manage the natural world. Oil-drilling, iron-mining, and steel-making artifacts show the connection between natural resources and industrial strength.
Forestry is represented by saws, axes, a smokejumper's suit, and many other objects. Hooks, nets, and other gear from New England fisheries of the late 1800s are among the fishing artifacts, as well as more recent acquisitions from the Pacific Northwest and Chesapeake Bay. Whaling artifacts include harpoons, lances, scrimshaw etchings in whalebone, and several paintings of a whaler's work at sea. The modern environmental movement has contributed buttons and other protest artifacts on issues from scenic rivers to biodiversity.
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Framed Photograph of American Linden
- Description (Brief)
- This photograph of an American linden 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 on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the image was made by William Bucher. The frame is made of linden wood.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1929
- frame maker
- Bucher, William F.
- photographer
- Bucher, William F.
- ID Number
- AG.115767.35
- catalog number
- AG*115767.35
- accession number
- 115767
- maker number
- 38
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Framed Photograph of Peirce Mill
- Description (Brief)
- This photograph of Peirce Mill 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 oak tree depicted in this photograph was located by Peirce Mill in Rock Creek Park, and the image was made by William Bucher. The frame is made from oak taken from the sluice box of the mill that had been in the water for more than 100 years.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1927
- frame maker
- Bucher, William F.
- photographer
- Bucher, William F.
- ID Number
- AG.115767.19
- catalog number
- AG*115767.19
- accession number
- 115767
- maker number
- 22
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Framed Photograph of a White Ash Tree
- Description (Brief)
- This photograph of a white ash 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 on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with the Capitol visible in the background. The image was made by William Bucher. The frame is made of white ash veneer on chestnut, with an ebony back band and an Andaman padauk glass bead.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1931
- frame maker
- Bucher, William F.
- photographer
- Bucher, William F.
- ID Number
- AG.115767.43
- catalog number
- 115767.43
- accession number
- 115767
- maker number
- 48
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Framed Photograph of an Andaman Padauk Tree
- Description (Brief)
- 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, Our Trees and their Woods at the United States National Museum in 1931.
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1908
- 1932
- frame maker
- Bucher, William F.
- photographer
- Forest Research Institute
- ID Number
- AG.124450.02
- catalog number
- AG*124450.02
- accession number
- 124450
- maker number
- 14
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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