Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This photograph of a catalpa tree 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, Our Trees and their Woods at the United States National Museum in 1931.
- The tree depicted in this photograph was located in Washington, D.C., and the image was made by William Bucher. The frame is made of solid catalpa wood, with part of a lead bullet in the frame.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- frame maker
- Bucher, William F.
- photographer
- Bucher, William F.
- Date made
- 1932
- 1933
- Physical Description
- wood (frame material)
- glass (frame material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 7/8 in x 12 in x 7/8 in; 35.2425 cm x 30.48 cm x 2.2225 cm
- Object Name
- photograph & frame
