National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mollusks Search this
United States National Museum Dept. of Marine Invertebrates Search this
United States National Museum Division of Marine Invertebrates Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 5w x 7h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Maryland
Date:
c. 1930s
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Plummers Island is a small (12-acre) wooded island in the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland.
The island was purchased by the Washington Biologists' Field Club in 1908. Formed in 1900, the Washington Biologists' Field Club is composed of persons interested in the biological sciences and in the promotion of research on the fauna and flora of the District of Columbia area. Bartsch was elected to the Washington Biologists' Field Club in 1913.
Summary:
Paul Bartsch, Curator of Mollusks from 1914 to 1946 at the United States National Museum, Division of Mollusks, is seated in a chair at the home of the Washington Biologists' Field Club on Plummers Island.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 3, Folder: 17A
