Photographs, Southern trip, 1936 (10)

Related Titles

Contained In: Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936

Series: SIA RU007082

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1936

Notes

This is 9 of 13 envelopes of 8 photographs documenting Bohumil Shimek's travel and work in the southeast United States, 1936. Photographs are numbered and some include descriptions on the reverse side. Most images are of oil facilities in Sulphur, Louisiana. Subject matter includes oil derricks and storage tanks; refining facility; storage tanks; magnolia tree; dead cypress and spanish moss; and mixed dead trees (killed by chemical works) near West Lake (possibly Westlake), Louisiana.

Subjects

Black-and-white photographs , Botany , Field notes , Geology , Louisiana , Sulphur Oil Field , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.149543