Insects Exhibit, Natural History Building - J.F. Gates Clarke

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B44_F10_002]

Creator: United States Department of Agriculture

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1954

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 10, Image No. SIA_000095_B44_F10_002

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Summary

United States National Museum entomology exhibit in the Natural History Building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, with J.F. Gates Clarke, entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture, displaying a Worcester dish (Wahl period, circa 1753-1760, England) with butterfly decoration.

Subject

  • Clarke, J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates) 1905-1990
  • United States National Museum Division of Insects
  • United States National Museum

Notes

During his tenure with USDA, J. F. Gates Clarke was responsible for the Lepidoptera collection in the United States National Museum and was stationed in the Natural History Building.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 10, Image No. SIA_000095_B44_F10_002

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1954
  • June 4, 1954

Restrictions & Rights

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  • Copyright Undetermined

Topic

Entomology

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B44_F10_002]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 10 x 8;

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