Botanist Robert Read Tends Rooftop Greenhouse

ID: SIA RU000371 [94-13205]

Creator: Krantz, Victor

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1976

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: October 1976, Image No. 94-13205

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Summary

Dr. Robert Read, associate curator in the Department of Botany at National Museum of Natural History, tends to the rooftop greenhouse over the east courtyard of the Natural History Building.

Subject

  • Read, Robert H
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Department of Botany
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," October 1976: "Equipped with automatic controls for heating, cooling, ventilation, and air circulation, the 25- by 50-foot aluminum and glass structure will allow Museum botanists to study live plants, research they used to do a

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: October 1976, Image No. 94-13205

Repository Loc.

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

Date

1976

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Topic

  • Horticulture
  • Plants
  • Botany

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [94-13205]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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