Edgar A. Mearns with woman and child, standing on United States-Mexico Boundary, 1892

ID: SIA RU007083 [SIA2012-7705]

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Form/Genre: Gelatin silver prints

Date: 1892

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7083, Image No. SIA2012-7705

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Summary

Edgar A. Mearns with woman and child, probably wife Ella and son Louis di Zerega. From 1892 to 1894, Edgar Alexander Mearns served as a medical officer with the United States-Mexican Boundary Survey, for which he established a biological section for the collection of specimens of flora and fauna.

Subject

  • Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916
  • United States National Museum
  • United States and Mexican Boundary Survey

Notes

Also known as RU7083_Box4_F2_Mearns01 [SPI_1678]

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7083, Image No. SIA2012-7705

Repository Loc.

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

Date

1892

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Topic

  • Medicine
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Zoology
  • Plants
  • Naturalists
  • Botany

Form/Genre

  • Gelatin silver prints
  • Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU007083 [SIA2012-7705]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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