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Item Information     Who else has...     Unknown     Chase, Agnes,     Rolfs, P. H.     United States.     United States National Herbarium     Collectors and collecting     Esculea Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria do Estado de Minas Geraes, Brazil     Field Work     National Collections     Rolfs, Clarissa     Women -- History     Agrostology     Tropical Biology     Botany     Scientific expeditions     Women     Grasses     Smithsonian Institution -- Employees     South America     Brazil     Photographic print     Group, candid

Mary Agnes Chase, Clarissa Rolfs and Group on Expedition in Brazil   Catalog:  Historic Images of the Smithsonian Title:  Mary Agnes Chase, Clarissa Rolfs and Group on Expedition in Brazil Date:  1929 Author/Creator:  Unknown Contained In:  Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 229, Box 20, Photo Album Summary:  Mary Agnes Chase (third from right with the big hat) on a horse with Clarissa Rolfs, daughter of Peter Henry Rolfs of the Esculea Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria do Estado de Minas Geraes, Brazil, second from left, and others on expedition in Brazil. Chase, a botanist with the United States National Museum and honorary curator of grasses at the United States National Herbarium at the Smithsonian Institution, specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work in South America. Notes:  Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963) joined the Department of Agriculture in 1903 as a botanical illustrator and eventually became Scientific Assistant in Systematic Agrostology, 1907; Assistant Botanist, 1923; and Associate Botanist, 1925. In 1935, became Principal Botanist in charge of Systematic Agrostology and Custodian of the Section of Grasses, Division of Plants, United States National Museum. The original negative number of this image is Chase Negative 1964. Usage:  Restrictions: No restrictions Physical_Description:  Color: Black and White; Size: 3 x 5; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print Negative Number:  96-543 or Chase # 1964 Ordering Information:  For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu. Digital Reference:  Digital Copies:  96-543.tif 300 dpi, Subject:  Chase, Agnes, 1869-1963. Rolfs, P. H. (Peter Henry), 1865-1944 United States. Dept. of Agriculture United States National Herbarium Collectors and collecting Esculea Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria do Estado de Minas Geraes, Brazil Field Work National Collections Rolfs, Clarissa Women -- History Agrostology Tropical Biology Botany Scientific expeditions Women Grasses Smithsonian Institution -- Employees South America Brazil Form/Genre:  Photographic print Group, candid Contact Information:  Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu Copy/Holding information Catalog   Historic Images of the Smithsonian Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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