Spencer Fullerton Baird

ID: 2002-10679

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1887

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 2 Folder 13

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Summary

Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887), ornithologist, was the first director of the United States National Museum and the second Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1878-1887). This photographic portrait of Baird seated in a chair was taken shortly before his death in 1887.

Subject

  • Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The original negative is 43604-A, but that negative has been lost.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 2 Folder 13

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1887

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Secretariats
  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Birds
  • Portraits
  • Museums
  • Management
  • Management--Museums
  • Museum directors
  • Ornithology

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

2002-10679

Physical description

Color: Sepia; Size: 5w x 8h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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