Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Henderson, Edward Porter  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites  Search this

Physical description:

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Group, candid

Photographic print

Place:

Taiwan

Date:

1966

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

Photograph included in the transcript of the Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interview by Pamela M. Henson, March 22, 1985 in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Summary:

Edward P. Henderson dressed in a native costume dances with two dancers in Taiwan. Henderson, following his retirement as Curator of the Division of Meteorites in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History, made a trip to Taiwan to gather meteorites.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529 Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Clothing and dress  Search this

Collectors and collecting  Search this

Costumes  Search this

Dance  Search this

Dancers  Search this

Field Work  Search this

Meteorites  Search this

Mineralogists  Search this

Museum curators  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Women  Search this

Standard number:

85-7036

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_11292