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Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Rathbun, Mary Jane 1860-1943  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building Great Hall  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Interior
Date:
1903
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
photo can be dated more exactly by calendar in left corner.
Summary:
Curators of Fishes and Marine Invertebrates (Crustaceans) and other departments' offices for cataloging and arranging collection specimens located on the former exhibit galleries (north balcony) of the Great Hall in the Smithsonian Institution Building. The balcony exhibit space was replaced by offices beginning in 1882. Specimen jars are on tables and stands. Other scientific apparatus can be seen on the table in the foreground. A woman with her back to the camera is seated at another table and a man appears to be looking into a microscope at another table. The balconies were demolished in 1914 to make way for the Library and Graphic Arts displays.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31, Folder: 43 and Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 30
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Balconies  Search this
Curators  Search this
Galleries  Search this
Offices  Search this
Interiors  Search this
Microscopes  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Research--Equipment and supplies  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Women  Search this
Standard number:
16983 or 16853 or 18938 or AI-18938
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_9246