George C. Maynard

Summary

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.

Subject

• Maynard, George C
• United States National Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology
• United States National Museum Division of Mechanical Technology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

There original negative number is 28345, but that negative has been lost.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 16 Folder 75

Contact information

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

Date

1899

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Portraits
• Museums
• Museum curators

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Portraits

ID Number

2002-10655

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 5 1/4w x 7 1/4h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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