Eloise Gerry (1885-1970)
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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1936
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1884
By the 1920s, Eloise Gerry (1885-1970) was considered one of the foremost investigators in wood technology in America and one of few female scientists specializing in research on lumbering, wood utilization, and the turpentining process. After earning a Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin, she spent her career at the U.S. Forest Servicés Forest Products Research Laboratory in Madison. Gerry is shown in this 1936 photograph with her wire-haired terrier Penthesilea ("Penny").
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1884
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1936
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1884]
Gelatin silver prints