Walter Hendricks Hodge photographs, 1927-1973.

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Walter Hendricks Hodge photographs, 1927-1973.

This collection includes portraits taken by Hodge of botanists and plants. Portraits of botanists are duplicate stock photos from the negative collection at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Copies should be obtained from Hunt. Hodge's other personal papers are also at the Hunt Institute. Portraits of plants include over 9000 black and white negatives and 1269 stock prints from these black and white negatives. According to the photographer, these photographs illustrate "the characteristics and economic uses of plants throughout the world." A small number of negatives are by other photographers including Paul Allen, who was a student and manager of the tropical station of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

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Allen, Paul H., 1911-1963

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Paul Hamilton Allen conducted botanical field work across Central and South America in the 1930s - 1960s. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_137_pid_EACP134 ...

Hodge, W. H. (Walter Henricks), 1912-

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American economic botanist and scientific photographer. Hodge travelled the world while employed by the National Science Foundation and other agencies of the United States Government. From the description of Walter Hendricks Hodge photographs, 1927-1973. (Missouri Botanical Garden). WorldCat record id: 61772615 W. H. Hodge was an American economic botanist, agricultural explorer, and professional photographer known for his research on the flora of Dominica, his research for ...

Missouri botanical garden

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Hunt institute for botanical documentation

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