(left to right): Saul Dushman (1883-1954) and Charles William Beebe (1877-1962)
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Creator: General Electric Company
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: C. 1939
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0188
Saul Dushman (1883-1954) was Assistant Director of the General Electric Research Laboratory, where he worked from 1912 to 1952; Charles William Beebe (1877-1962) was at the New York Zoological Society. The caption of this General Electric Company publicity photograph calls Beebe the "famed bathysphere undersea explorer" and shows Dushman demonstrating artificial luminescence for the General Electric "House of Magic" at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0188
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
C. 1939
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0188]