Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927 Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 9.5w x 5.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Place:
British Columbia
Canada
Date:
c. 1910s - 1920s
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), paleontologist and fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1907-1927). Walcott is at a fossil quarry excavating the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. To the far left, Walcott is sitting with a piece of shale in his hands . Two unidentified men are to center and right. They are surrounded by rocks.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 24, Folder: 2-C