Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Adler, Cyrus 1863-1940  Search this

United States National Museum  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)  Search this

Physical description:

Number of Images: 1; Color: Cyanotype; Size: 8w x 9.7h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Portraits

Date:

c. 1890

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

See also SIA2011-0091 and SIA2011-0093 for other views of Adler.

Summary:

Cyrus Adler sits with his hands, a little further apart, in his lap. Adler was the honorary assistant curator for the Department of Semitics at the United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., from 1888 until 1893. At the Smithsonian, Adler also served as curator of Historic Archaeology and Historic Religions from 1889 to 1898, librarian from 1892 to 1905, and assistant secretary from 1905 to 1908.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 21

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Librarians  Search this

Museum curators  Search this

Assistant Secretaries  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Standard number:

SIA2011-0092 and Neg. # 21110

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_12643