National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Vertebrate Zoology Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Fishes Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1w X 1 3.7h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide
Type:
Person, candid
Slide
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1975
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975.
For other images of Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., see Negatives SIA2013-03837 and SIA2013-03839.
Summary:
Robert H. Gibbs, Jr., sits at a table examining a fish as he compares it to an illustration in a book. He has on a magnifying headset. On the table is a magnifier, a glass jar, glasses, desk lamp and other papers. In the background are shelves, and a doorway.
Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. joined the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum as Associate Curator in the Division of Fishes in 1963 and became Curator in 1967. An American ichthyologist, he devoted much of his career to the study of pelagic and deep-sea fishes. He was also an avid conservationist and a member of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists for over 30 years.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
