Photographs in the Field

Click on the links in the table of contents to see botanists in the field. Photographs are organized by timeperiod.

 

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Undated. Unidentified image of Merrit Lyndon Fernald (left) and towering stack of plant presses. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University.

 

1867-1899

 

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September 1867. Dr. Anderson in a field of Cinchona succiruba in the Sikkim Himalaya. Note the bamboo forest in the background. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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July 1877. Pictures of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories under the direction of Ferdinand Vanderveer Hayden. Photograph taken by William Henry Jackson at La Veta Pass, Colorado. Party includes Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, Asa Gray, Mrs. Strachey, Jane Loring Gray, Captain Stevenson, Dr. Lanborn, General Strachey, Ferdinand Vanderveer Hayden. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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Circa 1880s. John H. Redfield [1815-1895] collecting flowers at Mt. Desert Island, Maine. The Flora of Mount Desert Island, Maine was his last work. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1884. Cyrus Guernsey (C.G.) Pringle [1838-1911] self portrait titled "Left in the Desert". Arizona. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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August 1890. Elinor Lambert & Walter Deane [1848-1930], Jaffery, New Hampshire. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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9 July 1896. Josselyn Botanical Society near Hillman Cascade, Industry, Maine. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

1900-1910

 

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1900. George Golding Kennedy sitting in the interior of "Camp Kennedy", Katahdin, Maine. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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Circa. 1900 George Golding Kennedy and Annie Lorenz collecting in Willoughby, Vermont. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1901. James Franklin Collins and E B Chamberlain at their lean-to on top of Moxie Mountain, Somerset County, Maine. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1901. F.M. Kimball, Reverend Lesh, and James Franklin Collins Solon, Maine. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1902. Josselyn Botanical Society, Mansfield, Maine. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1904. Mousam Pond. Shapleigh, Maine. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

 

 

 

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1904. M. L. Fernald [1873-1950] collecting in Quebec without his vasculum. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1904. M.L. Fernald [1873-1950] Quebec, Canada vaulting a fence with his camera and vasculum. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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December 1904. Curtis Gates Lloyd [1859-1926] in the South Pacific. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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Image taken by James Franklin Collins. Quebec, 1906-1907. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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Image taken by James Franklin Collins. Quebec, 1906-1907. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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Image taken by James Franklin Collins. Quebec, 1906-1907. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1908. Charles Reid Barnes [1858-1910] standing on a cactus. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

1910-1929

 

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1918. Walter Deane. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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circa 1920. Joseph Smith and Joseph Horace Faull. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

 

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circa 1920. Orra Almira Phelps leaving her mending behind to go out and collect. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1922. Mary F. Spenser, California. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1923. Delegation of British Botanists. Temagami Forest Reserve, Ontario. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University.

 

 

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1926. Back row: A. Scheibe (with pipe), H.W. Wollenweber, O, Appel, Front row: G.D. Darker (with stick), J.H. Faull, Charles Moore. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

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1928. Jacob Frederic Brenckle. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

 

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1928. Field Trip of the Botany 7 class to Litchfield, Connecticut & the Berkshires, Massachusetts. Participants include: H.K. Svenson, J.D. Houghton, L.B. Smith, Harlow Bishop, J.M. Fogg Jr., M.L. Fernald, Louis Lalonde, and C.V. MacCoy. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1928. Field Trip of the Botany 7 class to Litchfield, Connecticut & the Berkshires, Massachusetts. Participants include: H.K. Svenson, J.D. Houghton, L.B. Smith, Harlow Bishop, J.M. Fogg Jr., M.L. Fernald, Louis Lalonde, and C.V. MacCoy. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1928. Hubert Earl (H.E.) Ransier holding a fertile A. Celsum (i.e. Acrostichum danaefolium) in front of his car. Near Fort Pierce, Florida. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

1930-1939

 

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Circa 1930. William Henry "Cap" Weston, Jr. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University.

 

 

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June 1931. Charles Alfred (C.A.) Weatherby, Ludlow Griscom, and Alfred S. Goodale on a collecting trip in Amherst, Massachusetts. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

 

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1936. Reed Rollins with a pile of specimens pressed in newspaper at Grizzly Camp. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1936. Backside of photograph of Reed Rollins with a pile of specimens pressed in newspaper at Grizzly Camp. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1939. Mary Knapp Strong Clemens collecting botanical specimens for botanists back home. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1939. Backside of photograph of Mary Knapp Strong Clemens collecting botanical specimens for botanists back home. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

1940-1959

 

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1945. Carroll Emory Wood, Jr. in a patch of Jasione, Germany. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1950s. Geneva Sayre. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

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1950s. Edith Scammon (3rd from left) collecting in Alaska with friends. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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June 1951. Reed Rollins collecting in Northern Wyoming. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1953. Richard Evans Schultes collecting specimens with Maku helpers. Courtesy of The Economic Botany Archives of Oakes Ames, Harvard University

 

 

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1954. Bernice Schubert. Cuba. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

1960-1979

 

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1967. Richard Alden Howard and Carroll Emory Wood, Jr. collecting. Howard leftmost figure and Wood in bright red swim trunks. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1967. Richard Alden Howard and Carroll Emory Wood, Jr. collecting. Howard leftmost figure and Wood in the center. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1970. Donald H. Pfister collecting in Venezuala. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

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1972. Kanchi N. Gandhi with Dan Nicolson collecting in Naguri Hills in the Hessan District, India. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

1980-1999

 

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1980s. Elizabeth A. Kellog and Peter F. Stevens. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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1982. Roy E. Halling photographing cryptogams in the Baltic. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

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1991. Robert Kenneth Godfrey, Jr. and an unidentified woman collecting in Tate's Hell, Florida. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

 

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1997, Donald H. Pfister collecting in Finland. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

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1998. Scott LaGreca collecting the lichen Ramalina siliquosa on the island of Bornholm (Denmark) in the Baltic Sea. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

2000-2010

 

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2000. Rachel Spicer standing on the shoulders of Phillip Barry Tomlinson in Miami, Florida at the Harvard Summer Workshop in Tropical Botany. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

 

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2001. Douglas Goldman plant collecting in Santiago Province, Dominican Republic. The plants are Andropogon bicornis (Poaceae), Begonia plumieri (Begoniaceae), Kalanchoe pinnata (Crassulaceae), Micranium sp. (Melastomataceae), Rhynchospora nervosa subsp. ciliata (= Dichromena ciliata), & Tillandsia usneoides (Bromeliaceae). Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University.

 

 

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2001. Douglas Goldman plant collecting in Santiago Province, Dominican Republic. The spiny seeds are three members of Malvaceae: Pavonia spinifex, Triumfetta semitriloba, & Urena lobata. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University.

 

 

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2005. David E. Boufford collecting in Yele Villiage, Mianning Xian, Sichuan, China. Courtesy of The Archives of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University

 

 

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2006. Genevieve Lewis-Gentry collecting Myxomycetes (slime molds) at the Humboldt Field Research Institute, Eagle Hill Foundation, Maine. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

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2006. Genevieve Lewis-Gentry collecting Myxomycetes (slime molds) at the Humboldt Field Research Institute, Eagle Hill Foundation, Maine. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University

 

 

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2007. Julie McIntosh Shapiro collecting Ericaceous seed on the coast of Maine in late winter. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

 

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2007. David E. Boufford collecting in Wen Xian, Gansu, China. Courtesy of The Archives of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University

 

 

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2007. David E. Boufford collecting in Wen Xian, Gansu, China. Courtesy of The Archives of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University

 

 

 

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2007. David E. Boufford collecting in Wen Xian, Gansu, China. Courtesy of The Archives of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University

 

 

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2008. Eric Harris with Prof. Wang Wenquan (black jacket) from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and a local herb collector (brown/maroon sweater) in Yixian County, Hebei Province, People's Republic of China collecting the commonly used medicinal plant Chai Hu, Bupleurum chinense DC. Courtesy of The Archives of the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University

 

 

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2009. Brad Ruhfel collecting Moronobea (Clusiaceae s.s.), Ducke Reserve, Manaus Brazil. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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2010. Brad Ruhfel and Tom Philbrick taking a break from collecting Podostemaceae, Minas Gerias, Brazil. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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2010. Laura Lagomarsino collecting Centropogon ferrugineus for her dissertation research on Volcan Barva in Heredia Province, Costa Rica during the Organization for Tropical Studies' Tropical Plant Systematics course. Courtesy of The Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University

 

 

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2010. Michaela Schmull at Halibut Point, Cape Ann, while looking for a Collemopsidium halodytes, a lichen that grows on barnacles. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University.

 

 

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2010. Michaela Schmull standing on the Frankenstein Cliffs, White Mountains, New Hampshire. Courtesy of The Archives of the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University.