Robert Broom (1866-1951)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0399]

Creator: Davis, Fremont 1915-1977

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1937

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0399

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Summary

South African paleontologist Robert Broom (1866-1951) was known for his 1937 discovery of Parathropus robustus. He is holding casts of two "missing link" skulls brought to a 1937 meeting in Philadelphia.

Subject

Broom, Robert 1866-1951

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0399

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1937
  • March 18, 1937

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Topic

Paleontology

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0399]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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