Author:

Hofmeister, Richard K  Search this

Subject:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Person, candid

Date:

1977

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

Featured in TORCH, September 1977

Summary:

National Museum of Natural History intern Nora Besansky feeding a tarantula in the O. Orkin Insect Zoo.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2, Folder September 1977

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Besansky, Nora  Search this

Tarantula  Search this

Women  Search this

Exhibitions  Search this

Spiders  Search this

Interns  Search this

Insect zoos  Search this

Insects  Search this

Standard number:

77-10596-17 or SIA77-10596-17

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_8573