Photographs, Southern trip, 1936 (4)

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Abstract

This is 4 of 13 envelopes of 8 photographs documenting Bohumil Shimek's travel and work in the southeast United States, 1936. Photographs are numbered on the reserve side, and some include descriptions. Subject matter includes examples of terrain near Glenmore, Louisiana; oil drill and surrounding dead trees in Urania, Louisiana; cuts into hillsides for roads; and examples of shorelines and bluffs. Locations include Vicksburg and Yazoo City, Mississippi; Sabine River.

Date Range

1936

Start Date

1936

End Date

1936

Access Information

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Topic

  • Geology
  • Plants
  • Botany

Place

  • Urania
  • Mississippi
  • United States
  • Louisiana
  • Vicksburg
  • Glenmore
  • Yazoo City

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Black-and-white photographs

Accession #

SIA RU007082

Collection name

Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936

Physical Description

8 black-and-white photographs

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 4 Folder 23 Envelope 4