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#1976-#2351. A. S. Hitchcock : Oregon, Washington, California, 1927; Newfoundland and Labrador, 1928, Africa, 1929

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Abstract

The photograph album compiled by A.S. Hitchcock of images from collecting trips during 1927-1929. Locations include Africa (Victoria Falls, Euphorbia, Fort Victoria, Zimbabwe, Lake challu Mt. Kilimanjaro, Naivasha); United States (Oregon (Umpqua forest), Cascade Forest, Washington, California); Canada (Newfoundland, St. John’s, Labrador); United Kingdom (Kew Gardens); Teneriffe Island; Nairobi; South Africa (Cape Town), St. Helena Island. Subject matter includes landscapes, examples of vegetation, city and village scenes; informal images of local people; formal portraits; Zimbabwe ruins.

Date Range

1927-1929

Start Date

1927

End Date

1929

Access Information

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Topic

  • Botany
  • Plants
  • Grasses
  • Botanists

Place

  • Oregon
  • Cape Town
  • Victoria Falls
  • Saint John’s
  • Kenya
  • Washington
  • Teneriffe
  • Umpqua National Forest
  • St. Helena
  • Nairobi
  • Kilimanjaro
  • Fort Victoria
  • Zimbabwe
  • Kew Gardens
  • Newfoundland and Labrador

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Photograph albums

Accession #

SIA RU000229

Collection name

United States National Museum, Division of Grasses, Records, 1884, 1888, 1899-1965

Physical Description

1 photograph album

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 21