Mary Agnes Chase in Brazil

Object Details

Date
1929
Author
Unknown
Subject
Chase, Agnes 1869-1963
United States Dept. of Agriculture
United States National Herbarium
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Album has been rehoused; Original location was RU229, Box 16; Current location is RU229, Box 20, Album 1. Chase negative number 1970
Summary
On an expedition to Brazil in 1929, Mary Agnes Chase, honorary curator of the Grass Herbarium, United States National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution, is standing beside a horse. Chase's colleague is standing next to her. They are standing in an area with tall grass. Chase is looking up at him. Mary Agnes Chase, botanist with the United States Department of Agriculture and honorary curator of the Grass Herbarium at the United States National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution, went on an expedition to Brazil in 1929 to collect botanical specimens. Mary Agnes Chase was a botanist specializing in the study of grasses.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 229, Box 20, Photo Album
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Place
Brazil
South America
Topic
Collectors and collecting
Explorations and Expeditions
Field Work
National Collections
Women--History
Agrostology
Tropical Biology
Botany
Scientific expeditions
Women
Grasses
Botanical specimens
Botanists
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Standard number
SIA2009-2576 and 96-544 and Chase # 1970
Type
Photographic print
Group, candid
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 2 x 5; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Record ID
siris_sic_9854