Thomas Soderstrom Packs Equipment For a Plant Gathering Expedition in Ceylon

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Summary

Dr. Thomas R. Soderstrom, associate curator in the Department of Botany at National Museum of Natural History, prepares equipment for air shipment or hand carrying for a plant collecting expedition in Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka, including a microscope, binoculars, bags of plastic specimen vials, an altimeter, hundreds of seed envelopes, a Nikon camera, a knapsack, and a plant press.

Subject

  • Soderstrom, Thomas R
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany

Notes

Digital contact sheet available.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 01, Image No. OPA-33

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1965
  • September 1969

Restrictions & Rights

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  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Plants
  • Botany
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

Ceylon

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-33]

Physical description

35mm;

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