Engraving of a Branching Sponge
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Date: 1886
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)
Illustration (Fig. 7) of a branching sponge from the Department of Marine Invertebrates, Zoology, in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington". The "west hall" in the Smithsonian Institution Building, exhibited one of the finest displays in the world, of sponges, corals, echinoderms, worms and Crustacea.
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From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886. Page 21
Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)
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Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print