Dr. Robert Hiatt Holding a Coconut Crab
ID: SIA2010-0924 and Neg. #92-11705
Creator:
Form/Genre: Person, candid
Date: August 1947
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 24, Folder: 1
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On the 1947 Operation Crossroads resurvey, Dr. Robert Hiatt of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service holds a coconut crab. Behind him is the beach of Nanu Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands.
Subject
- Hiatt, Robert
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- Operation Crossroads was an expedition to Bikini Atoll and the northern Marshall islands under the auspices of the Department of the Navy. Smithsonian and other scientists collected specimens before the atom bomb tests in 1946. Specimens were collected for the purpose of comparison and to make possible a study of anatomical variations among the various island populations.
- In 1947 scientists returned to resurvey the region to determine the impact of the atomic tests.
- See Neg. #s for Operation Crossroads 1947: 92-11701, SIA2010-0924, SIA2010-0925, SIA2010-0927, SIA2010-0928, SIA2010-0929, SIA2010-0964, SIA2010-0965, SIA2010-0966, SIA2010-0967, SIA2010-0968, SIA2010-0969, SIA2010-0970, SIA2010-0971, SIA2010-0972
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 24, Folder: 1
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
August 1947
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Nuclear weapons
- Scientific expeditions
- Atomic Bomb Tests
- Oceans
- Crabs
- Collectors and collecting
- Beaches
- Testing
- Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946/1947
- Nuclear weapons--Testing
- Oceanography
Place
- Marshall Islands
- Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
- Pacific Ocean
- Nanu Island, Bikini Atoll, Marshal Islands
Form/Genre
- Person, candid
- Photographic print
ID Number
SIA2010-0924 and Neg. #92-11705
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 6w x 4h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print