Tree trunk in center of image with relatively shallow, vertical ridges. Tree is surrounded by tall grasses and undergrowth with some descending, bare branches seen in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Tree, Plants
Possibly a Cornus florida, Eastern Flowering Dogwood, tree trunk in center of image, because bark is broken up into distinctive plates or scales. Tree is in open meadow or edge of woodland with one tree visible to the right of the trunk in the background. Open sky visible on left side of image.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Eastern-Flowering-Dogwood, Tree, Plants
Tree trunk in center of image, Acer saccharum, Sugar Maple, with three distinct roots branching off from trunk and raised above ground. Ground cover is grass with some leaves. Many deciduous trees, with leaves still on trees, in background of image.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Tree, Sugar Maple, Plants
Head and neck of American Bittern looking up, photographed against a monochrome background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Botaurus lentiginosus, American Bittern, ecology, environment
Image shows a group portrait of four men standing in midground on a lawn with scattered trees in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, City of Cayenne, French Guiana
Close-up of high blackberry plant with focus on the flowers.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Rubus allegheniensis
Empty bird's nest in the fork of a tree with blurred foliage in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, DuPage, Illinois
Black and white, silent film created by B. T. Gault. Locality information unconfirmed, thought to be in Ireland. Actual film date unknown, ca. 1900-1942, most likely 1925-1927. In the film the first scene is of five people in field shoveling potatoes into buckets, trees in distance; next scene is of people dancing in front of two-story house with clay/mud exterior, windows, shingled roof.
Topics: Gault, farm, dancing
A small island on a lake covered in trees and shrubs reflected in water. Grassy shore in foreground.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, DuPage, Illinois
A grassy area with various scattered sticks in foreground, a fence in midground, with a landscape & horizon line in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, DuPage, Illinois
Nest of a Pied-billed Grebe. Nest, at center amongst wetland vegetation, contains 5 eggs.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Podilymbus podiceps, Pied-billed Grebe, ecology, environment
Trunk of honeylocust tree. Tree trunk in center of image with curved depression on lower right side, amidst grassy vegetation with wooded vegetation in the background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Gleditsia triacanthos, Illinois
Bird's nest with close-up of four young Kestrels in foreground on nest material.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Falco sparverius, American Kestrel, ecology, environment
Two downy Least Bittern nestlings photographed in a small bowl shaped depression draped in cloth in foreground with blurred vegetation in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Lxobrychus exilis, DuPage, Illinois
Trunk of shingle oak tree. Tree trunk in center of image on ground sloping downward from left to right amidst low-lying leafy vegetation with wooded and shrubby vegetation in the background.
Topics: Benjamin T. Gault, glass plate negative, Quercus imricaria, Shingle oak tree, Illinois, Chicago...
Image shows a group portrait of four men in foreground at center-two seated, two standing, on a lawn/garden area-seen in background
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, French Guiana
Tree trunk in center of image, could be a species of ash. Tree stands wooded area with visible undergrowth.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Tree, Plants
Nest and four eggs of a Northern Harrier (formally known as a Marsh Hawk). Nest found at center amongst grasses.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Circus cyaneus, Northern Harrier, ecology, environment
Image shows a potted prairie plant or grass on table against a wall at center.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, ecology, environment
American Woodcock sitting on nest, at center midground, amongst thick undergrowth and twigs
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Scolopax minor, American Woodcock, ecology, environment
Trunk of water locust tree. Tree trunk in center of image with horizontal streaks across trunk and irregular shaped tree trunks to the right, amidst fallen leaves and twigs with wooded vegetation in the background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Gleditsia aquatica, DuPage, Illinois
Trunk of burningbush tree. Tree trunk in center of image with large-trunked tree behind and to the right, amidst underbrush with wooded vegetation in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Euonymus atropurpureus, Johnson County, Illinois
Tree trunk in center of image, possibly some sort of oak tree. Ground is covered with leaves and grass and full-leaf trees in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Tree, Plants
Four young Kestrels (or Sparrowhawks) perched on nest material outdoors. Trees blurred in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Falco sparverius, American Kestrel, ecology, environment
Nest and eggs of the Bobolink made of grasses found at center. Nest holds five speckled eggs and is surrounded by dense grasses.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, DuPage, Illinois
Full trunk of a Crataegus gaultii seen at center in a wooded clearing.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Crataegus gaultii, DuPage, Illinois, `
Image shows an ocean view of the shoreline of the City of Cayenne. Rocks in foreground, water in midground, and stately buildings on waterfront at left in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Cayenne, French Guiana
Trunk of flowering dogwood tree. Tree trunk in center of image amidst low vegetation with wooded and grassy vegetation in the background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Cornus florida, Illinois
Trunk of elm tree. Tree trunk in center of image amidst fallen leaves with thin-trunked trees in the background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Ulmus, DuPage County, Illinois
Head and neck of American Bittern lying against monochrome surface.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Botaurus lentiginosus, DuPage, Illinois
Trunk of common hackberry tree. Tree trunk in center of image with vines around the trunk amidst low-lying vegetation with wooded and grassy vegetation in the background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Celtis occidentalis, Pulaski County, Illinois
Two young nestlings, possibly Black-billed Cuckoos photographed on paper.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Black-billed Cuckoo, ecology,...
Image shows a man standing beneath trees looking up surrounded by vegetation in what appears to be a jungle setting
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, French Guiana
A small neslting of a Least Bittern perched in profile on a reed/grass at bottom center of plate.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Ixobrychus exilis, Least Bittern, ecology, environment
View of a house with a picket fence in front; standing at the gate opening at right of center are a woman in long dress with a banjo, a woman in long dress with scarf around her neck, and a man in a hat and suit.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Illinois
A large house, in center, with several people standing on the porch and sitting on the steps.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, DuPage County, Illinois
Close-up of great mullein plant with focus on flowers, leaves, and stems.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Verbascum thapsus
View of harbor/town taken from water. Water in foreground, city/harbor in background, three tall masts of sailboat at midground at right
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, French Guiana
Birds-eye view of bird's nest [Prairie Chicken] at bottom of patch of tall grasses containing 8 eggs.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Tympanuchus cupido, Greater Prairie Chicken, ecology,...
Image shows thick jungle vegetation with ferns in foreground and tree in midground at center
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, French Guiana
Two young Kestrels (formally known as Sparrow hawks) perched on nest material, the bird on the left has its mouth open, facing slightly to side, bird on right has its head down.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Falco sparverius, American Kestrel, ecology, environment
Close-up of cluster of red currants in center with leaves surrounding it in foreground and background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault
Trunk of pawpaw tree. Tree trunk in center of image amidst fallen leaves and large-leaved ground cover with wooded vegetation in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Asimina triloba, Pulaski County, Illinois
Nest and eggs of the Prairie Chicken. Nest is made of grasses and is surrounded by similar vegetation and contains 12 eggs and a few feathers.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Tympanuchus cupido, DuPage, Illinois
An oat field in the country with fog/mist hanging on horizon in background and stooks in foreground.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, DuPage, Illinois
Nest and 4 eggs of the American Bittern. Eggs seen center on a loose nest of dried grasses.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, birds, Botaurus lentiginosus, American Bittern, ecology, environment
A juvenile American Bittern standing in nest material facing right.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Botaurus lentiginosus, DuPage, Illinois
Trunk of American chestnut tree. Tree trunk in center of image on ground sloping downward to the right amidst underbrush and fallen leaves with wooded vegetation in background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, American chestnut, Castanea dentata, Illinois
Trunk of bur oak tree. Tree trunk in center of image amidst scattered clumps of vegetation with shrubby and woody vegetation in the near background and trees in the far background.
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, Quercus macrocarpa, DuPage County, Illinois
View of American chestnut tree in full foliage in center of image amidst tall vegetation, which partially hides the trunk.; 11/17/18: magnification on the tree trunk shows a young boy touching the tree, identity unknown [Dawn Roberts, Sheila Navas]
Topics: Chicago Academy of Sciences, Benjamin T. Gault, American chestnut, Castanea dentata, Illinois
