Title
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
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