George Brown Goode
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1880s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 9, Folder: 28B
George Brown Goode (1851-1896), Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution from 1887 to 1896. This bust image of Goode shows him sitting in a chair, turned slightly to the camera, which is to his left. Goode was an ichthyologist, or fish specialist by training. Goode joined the staff of the Smithsonian to assist with preparations for exhibits at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and eventually became one of the leading figures in American museum theory and practice.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 9, Folder: 28B
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1880s
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Photographic print
11776 or MAH-11776
Color: Sepia; Size: 5w x 6 1/2h; Type of Image: Bust; Medium: Photographic print