George C. Maynard
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1899
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 16 Folder 75
Portrait of George Colton Maynard was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1839. He moved to Washington, D.C. during the early years of the Civil War he worked as a military telegraph operator and after the war, he worked for several years with the U.S. Signal Corps. Maynard came to the United States National Museum in 1885 and worked as an aid and custodian for the Division of Technology (Mechanical Phases) in the Department of Anthropology. He was appointed Assistant Curator in 1901-1912, and Curator of Mechanical Technology until his death in 1918.
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There original negative number is 28345, but that negative has been lost.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 16 Folder 75
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1899
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2002-10655
Color: Black and White; Size: 5 1/4w x 7 1/4h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print