Engraving of a Branching Sponge

ID: 95-20335

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1886

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)

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Summary

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.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • United States National Museum Division of Marine Invertebrates

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886. Page 21

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)

Contact information

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

Date

1886

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Marine invertebrates
  • Exhibitions
  • Sponges
  • Visitor's Guide
  • Department of Zoology (USNM)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

95-20335

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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