Photograph
Dr. Samuel Barnum Mead, Physician and Botanist
![Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Samuel Barnum Mead (1799-1880), Illinois-based physician and botanist. Mead, a pioneer in both the fields of medicine and botany, discovered the plant now known as "Mead's milkweed" (Asclepias meadii), which was placed on the list of U.S. endangered species in 1988. Photograph has been clipped into an oval shape and mounted on cardstock. Handwritten inscription at the bottom reads: "Dr. S.B. Meade [<i>sic</i>]."](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700006060029/0606000198-l.jpg "Dr. Samuel Barnum Mead, Physician and Botanist")
| Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. Samuel Barnum Mead (1799-1880), Illinois-based physician and botanist. Mead, a pioneer in both the fields of medicine and botany, discovered the plant now known as "Mead's milkweed" (Asclepias meadii), which was placed on the list of U.S. endangered species in 1988. Photograph has been clipped into an oval shape and mounted on cardstock. Handwritten inscription at the bottom reads: "Dr. S.B. Meade [sic]." |
| Image ID: | 47415 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
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| Collection Name: | Increase A. Lapham papers, 1825-1930 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 24 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.5 x 4 inches |
| Handwritten inscription on back reads: "Dr. S.B. Mead, Augusta, Hancock Co., Illinois." From album of portrait photographs collected by Lapham depicting scientists and artists, ca. 1860-ca. 1875. Images include portraits of geologists, botanists, sculptors, and authors. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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