Engraving of Coral Reefs

ID: 95-20337

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

Engraving of an illustration by J. Girard (Fig. 12) in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" of coral reefs, "...reefs which in circular form make the atolls of the Pacific, or in straight banks act as barriers for continental shores."

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 23

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
  • Coral reefs and islands
  • Coral reef ecology
  • Exhibitions
  • Visitor's Guide
  • Department of Zoology (USNM)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

95-20337

Physical description

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

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