China, miscellaneous lantern slides (4)

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Abstract

Lantern slides document the field work of Arthur Sowerby during the hunting expeditions in China (undated). Some slides are numbered. Subject matter covers terrain (mountains, coastline), people at work presumably in the field (pushing truck), unidentified specimen, vegetation (grasses), local inhabitants at work, building ruins, campsite in desert with camels. Caption in a lantern slide image appearing to be from a publication indicating image is not in China.

Date Range

1904-1954

Start Date

1904

End Date

1954

Access Information

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Topic

  • Plants
  • Botany

Place

China

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Lantern slides

Accession #

SIA RU007263

Collection name

Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers, 1904-1954 and undated

Physical Description

26 lantern slides

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 37