Photograph Collection
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Enter your search term(s) in one, some, or all of the search fields. The search page uses a "contains" search command. Complete or partial term(s) may be searched. For instance, the search term "cer" typed in the "Botanical name" search field will find any genera containing "cer" including Acer, Cercidiphyllum, Cercis, and Lonicera. This search will also find any occurrence of "cer" in the specific epithet (i.e. "cernuus" in Saururus cernuus) and any other word found in the plant's botanical name (i.e. Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne').
For best results, please only search one word or part of one word at a time in one or more fields. Multiple word searches (like those used on Google) will yield searches with very little or no results unless the words are listed in the exact order that they were typed in the search field. For instance, searching for "cercis can" will find all "Cercis canadensis" listings, however, searching for "cer can" at the same time will yield no results.
Search All
All photograph collection database fields (see below) combined into one searchable field. (not active yet)
Image
The image field records the file name of the photographs minus the extension (i.e., CTG00001 vs. CTG00001.JPG). View a list of all the image names. Warning: this list contains 50,466 photographs. It will take a long time to download.
Date
The date field records the date the photograph was taken. Dates are recorded in "month date, year (January 1, 2007) format. View a list of all the dates.
Photographer
The photographer field records the person's name who took the photograph. View a list of all the photographers.
People
The people field records the names of the people in the photograph. View a list of all the people in the photographs.
Country
The country field records the countries in which the photographs were taken. View a list of all the countries.
State, Province, etc.
The state, province, etc. field records the numerous states, provinces, and other constituent units of a nation that are represented in the collection. View a list of all these regions.
City
The city field records the cities in which the photographs were taken. View a list of all the cities.
Location
The locations recorded are the names of the places visited. These are usually the proper names of nurseries, public gardens, etc. View a list of all the locations.
Garden
The gardens recorded are the names of the gardens in a public garden (i.e. Mixed Border at the JC Raulston Arboretum). These are not the names of the public gardens themselves (see Location above). View a list of all the gardens.
Building
The building field records the names of the buildings in the photographs. There may be some overlap with the location field. View a list of all the buildings.
The events field records the names of events hosted by the Arboretum or events that we attended. View a list of all the events.
Key Words
Non plant subjects are recorded in this field. Words like "house," "brick," "garden," etc. are included. A list of these entries cannot be provided since it is a very, very long list.
Other Notes
Entries in the other notes field field are similar to the key words, however, they consist more of comments (sentences) versus single word entries. A list of these entries cannot be provided since it is a very, very long list.
Lecture Text
Information used in a class along with this slide is recorded in the lecture text field. A list of these entries cannot be provided since it is a very, very long list.
Botanical Name
A large number of the photographs in this collection are of plants. Many of these have their plant names recorded, but not all do. If only a photograph of a label is found, please search for photographs taken on the same day or search for photographs with slightly lower and/or higher numbers (file name) to find the plant photograph(s). Botanical names for 3,418 taxa are recorded on 18,670 photographs. View a list of all the botanical names.
Common Name
Common names for many of the botanical names recorded are known and are included. Unfortunately, not all taxa have a recorded common name. Use a botanical name search for better results. View a list of all the common names.
Family Name
Family names for each of the botanical names are included. View a list of all the family names.