Construction Work on Castle; Alexander Wetmore with Bird Specimens

ID: SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1378]

Creator: Robinson, Albert J

Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives

Date: 1968

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 11, Image No. OPA-1378

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Summary

Construction work in the old Herbarium above the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle; Sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Alexander Wetmore examines study skins collected on his expeditions for his next volume of "The Birds of Panama."

Subject

  • Wetmore, Alexander 1886-1978
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

  • Also known as 67409.
  • Digital contact sheet available.
  • Frame selections featured in "The Torch," November 1968.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 11, Image No. OPA-1378

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1968
  • October 1968

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  • No Copyright - United States

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Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1378]

Physical description

35mm;

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