Potted Agave in USNM Rotunda

ID: SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-3370]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1885

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 014, Image No. MNH-3370

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Summary

Potted agave plant in the United States National Museum (USNM), now known as the Arts and Industries Building.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • United States National Museum Division of Botany
  • United States National Museum Department of Recent Plants
  • United States Botanic Garden

Notes

One of a series of plants given to the USNM by W.R. Smith of the U.S. Botanical Gardens for the purpose of growing in the rotunda of the Museum. The agave species did not thrive, as documented in a series of photographs taken between April and May of 18

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 014, Image No. MNH-3370

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1885
  • April 18, 1885

Restrictions & Rights

  • No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

  • Botany
  • Plants
  • Agaves

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-3370]

Physical description

10 x 8;

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