overall: 25 1/2 in x 21 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 64.77 cm x 53.975 cm x 10.795 cm
Object Name:
photograph & frame
Place Made:
United States: Arizona
Date made:
1932
Description (Brief):
This photograph of a giant cactus 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, <I>Our Trees and their Woods</I> at the United States National Museum in 1931. The photo comes courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service. The frame is made of a cactus veneer on cypress wood.