Author:

Dougherty, Harold E  Search this

Subject:

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

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Person, candid

Date:

1982

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

Featured in TORCH, December 1982

Summary:

George Zug, chair of the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Vertebrate Zoology, among sea-turtle shells confiscated by United States customs officials and given to the Smithsonian Institution.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder December 1982

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Zug, George  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

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

Turtles  Search this

Sea turtles  Search this

Shells  Search this

Tortoiseshell  Search this

Confiscation  Search this

Standard number:

2002-32269

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_8788