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Photographs, Southern trip, 1936 (10)

by: Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937

Publication date: 1936

Topics: Botany, Geology, United States, Louisiana, Sulphur Oil Field

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

This is 9 of 13 envelopes of 8 photographs documenting Bohumil Shimek's travel and work in the southeast United States, 1936. Photographs are numbered and some include descriptions on the reverse side. Most images are of oil facilities in Sulphur, Louisiana. Subject matter includes oil derricks and storage tanks; refining facility; storage tanks; magnolia tree; dead cypress and spanish moss; and mixed dead trees (killed by chemical works) near West Lake (possibly Westlake), Louisiana

This is 9 of 13 envelopes of 8 photographs documenting Bohumil Shimek's travel and work in the southeast United States, 1936. Photographs are numbered and some include descriptions on the reverse side. Most images are of oil facilities in Sulphur, Louisiana. Subject matter includes oil derricks and storage tanks; refining facility; storage tanks; magnolia tree; dead cypress and spanish moss; and mixed dead trees (killed by chemical works) near West Lake (possibly Westlake), Louisiana

Abstract: This is 9 of 13 envelopes of 8 photographs documenting Bohumil Shimek's travel and work in the southeast United States, 1936. Photographs are numbered and some include descriptions on the reverse side. Most images are of oil facilities in Sulphur, Louisiana. Subject matter includes oil derricks and storage tanks; refining facility; storage tanks; magnolia tree; dead cypress and spanish moss; and mixed dead trees (killed by chemical works) near West Lake (possibly Westlake), Louisiana.