Red Algae Pressing, Dry Tortugas

Material Information

Subjects / Keywords:: Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation
Marine algae
Florida--Fort Jefferson
Genre:: Album
Spatial Coverage:: United States -- Florida -- Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugas)
Coordinates:: 24.6287 x -82.8732

Abstract:: Red algae in grey watercolor vase ( en )
General Note:: A red algae specimen with a grey watercolor vase painted beneath it. The vase painting containing the stem of the algae sample gives the appearance of being a painted plant arrangement. This album is one of three books prepared by prisoners at Fort Jefferson during the Civil War, probably in 1864, and given to Captain H. D. Brown of the 110th New York Volunteers as a wedding present. They contain pressed specimens of marine flora native to the Dry Tortugas. The books were purchased by the National Park Service in June 1947 from J. J. Lipsey, a book dealer from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Lipsey obtained the albums from Mrs. Frank Perkins of Colorado Springs, who was the daughter of Captain Brown.