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Author:
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Subject:
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
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Clothing and dress  Search this
Burgess Shale (B.C.)  Search this
Paleontology  Search this
Scientific expeditions  Search this
Canada  Search this
Standard number:
SA-150 or 90-16683
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_5936