Natural history photographs - circa 1883-1979

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02/

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Title

Natural history photographs - circa 1883-1979

Date(s)

  • circa 1883-1979 (predominant: 1963-1979) (Creation)

Extent

1.00 Boxes

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Scope and content

Photographs collected from various sources for an exhibition in Wainwright Park (Miami, Fla.). Views include landscapes, native plants, insects, and animals that can be seen in Wainwright Park, although the pictures were shot in many South Florida locations. Photographers include City of Miami naturalist Ralph Beaudry.

Some copies of 19th century photographs by Ralph Munroe are included.

Includes color slides, 4x5 transparencies, laserprints, and black-and-white photographic prints.

System of arrangement

Roughly arranged by exhibit topic, with positives (laserprints and photographic prints) interfiled with film (tranparencies and slides).

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The collection is open for research.

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Rights to reproduce items from this collection are unknown.

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  • English

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    The original negatives for the Ralph Munre photographs are in the archives.

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    Archivist's note

    Finding Aid Authors: Rebecca A. Smith.

    Archivist's note

    © Copyright 2019 HistoryMiami Archives & Research Center. All rights reserved.

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