American environmental photographs, 1891-1936 : images from the University of Chicago.

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Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : Library of Congress, 1999-
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3831348
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Varying Form of Title:Also known as: AEP
Other authors / contributors:Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
University of Chicago. Library. Department of Special Collections.
University of Chicago. Department of Botany.
Computer file characteristics:Electronic data.
Notes:Title from home page.
At top of page: American memory, Library of Congress.
Description based on content as of June, 1999.
Text (HTML) and digital images.
Mode of access: Internet. Host: memory.loc.gov.
Summary:Consists of approximately 4,500 digitized photographs documenting natural environments, ecologies, and plant communities in the United States. Collection was selected from photographs taken by faculty, staff, and students in the Department of Botany at the University of Chicago between 1891 and 1936. Images represent a wide range of American topography, forestation, aridity, shifting coastal dune complexes, and watercourses. Also includes images of University of Chicago botanists as they conducted field research. Original material is housed in the Department of Special Collections at the University of Chicago Library.