Engravings of Helmet Shell; Mollusks; Calamary; Octopus Swimming & Octopus Crawling

ID: 95-20315

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

Page 27 from "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" with illustrations of helmet shell (Fig. 21); mollusks dwelling on land or in fresh-water (Fig. 22); calamary (Fig. 23); octopus swimming (Fig. 24); and octopus crawling (Fig. 25).

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Mollusks

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 27

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

  • Animals
  • Shells
  • Exhibitions
  • Helmet Shell
  • Mollusks
  • Visitor's Guide
  • Octopuses
  • Calamary
  • Department of Zoology (USNM)
  • Octopus

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

95-20315

Physical description

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

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