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Box III.A.9
Contains 5 Results:
Musa textilis: Harvesting – Cleaning by Hand and Machine, 1912-1953
The photographs in this set, mounted on card stock with typewritten descriptions, were considered by USDA fiber scientists to be the best representations of each fiber. The prints were originally housed in post binders arranged by genus, species, and subject. Most photographs have a number that corresponds to a negative. Note that additional photographs are housed with the negatives; some are duplicates of mounted prints and others are unique.
Musa textilis: Cleaning by Hand and Machine – Drying, 1923-1944
The photographs in this set, mounted on card stock with typewritten descriptions, were considered by USDA fiber scientists to be the best representations of each fiber. The prints were originally housed in post binders arranged by genus, species, and subject. Most photographs have a number that corresponds to a negative. Note that additional photographs are housed with the negatives; some are duplicates of mounted prints and others are unique.
Musa textilis: Redrying Abaca – Uses, 1912-1948
The photographs in this set, mounted on card stock with typewritten descriptions, were considered by USDA fiber scientists to be the best representations of each fiber. The prints were originally housed in post binders arranged by genus, species, and subject. Most photographs have a number that corresponds to a negative. Note that additional photographs are housed with the negatives; some are duplicates of mounted prints and others are unique.
Musa textilis: Plant Introduction 1956 to be Presented Elsewhere, 1956
The photographs in this set, mounted on card stock with typewritten descriptions, were considered by USDA fiber scientists to be the best representations of each fiber. The prints were originally housed in post binders arranged by genus, species, and subject. Most photographs have a number that corresponds to a negative. Note that additional photographs are housed with the negatives; some are duplicates of mounted prints and others are unique.
Musa textilis: Diseases and Insects – Central America [See also Series III.A. Mounted Prints, Box 6, Folders 4-6 for additional Musa textilis (Abaca) prints related to the 1951 Turrialba Project in Latin America], 1920-1957
The photographs in this set, mounted on card stock with typewritten descriptions, were considered by USDA fiber scientists to be the best representations of each fiber. The prints were originally housed in post binders arranged by genus, species, and subject. Most photographs have a number that corresponds to a negative. Note that additional photographs are housed with the negatives; some are duplicates of mounted prints and others are unique.