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Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929  Search this
National Collections  Search this
Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution  Search this
United States National Museum Dept. of Geology  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Exhibit
Date:
February 11, 1927
1927
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
See Negative Number 17883-A for identification of the specimens and pictures in the Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit.
Summary:
Physical and Chemical Geology Exhibit at the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian, February 11, 1927, with George P. Merrill (1854-1929), Curator, standing with his hand on the back of chair looking at the exhibit panel. There are two large pictures on the panel with the one on the right labeled: "A Falling Meteorite." In front of Merrill, laid out on a table, are different types of mineral specimens. At his back is the Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit. The exhibits were located in the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle." Merrill was a geologist and head curator of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum from 1917-1929.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 9
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Meetings  Search this
Geologists  Search this
Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit  Search this
Physical geology  Search this
Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this
Geology  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Meteorites  Search this
Minerals--Collection and preservation  Search this
Specimens  Search this
Curators  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2009-4244 or 82-2 or 17781 H
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12208