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Author:
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Subject:
Schuchert, Charles 1858-1942  Search this
United States National Museum Division of Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 6w x 8h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic Print
Type:
Photographic print
Portraits
Painting
Date:
June 17, 1938
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Charles Schuchert was appointed Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the United States National Museum in 1894 and remained there for ten years. During this time, he participated in Robert Peary's 1897 expedition to Greenland and represented the United States government at the International Geological Congress in Vienna in 1903. The year that he signed this print, 1893, he was hired by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and his work as a preparator at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History was being exhibited at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
Summary:
Print of a painting of paleontologist Charles Schuchert seated, holding a fossil, with another on the table in front of him. Schuchert has signed it, "Yours Truly Charles Schuchert June 17, 1938."
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-255, Box 1, Folder: 1
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Curators  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Paleontologists  Search this
Fossils  Search this
Paleontology  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2010-0977
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13860