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Physical description:
Color: Cyano type; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Portraits
Date:
c. 1880
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
In 1880, Richard Rathbun became curator of the Department of Marine Invertebrates at the United States National Museum and was named Assistant Secretary in 1896 and also became Director of the United States National Museum in 1898.
Summary:
Portrait photograph of Richard Rathbun (1852-1918), invertebrate zoologist and Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9, Box 19, Folder: 6
