Laboratory of Division of Radiation and Organisms, SIB

ID: 2002-12199

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1930

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder 36

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Summary

The Division of Radiation and Organisms located in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building. Shown here is an experimental chamber in which small living plants or animals may be placed to determine their carbon dioxide exchange rates.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

  • The old negative number is 34425-C, but that negative could not be found. The original negative number was labeled.
  • Secretary Charles Greeley Abbot established the Division of Radiation and Organisms. Its function was to investigate the effects of radiation upon living organisms, mainly plants, and the division worked with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder 36

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1930

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Radiation Biology Laboratory
  • Division of Radiation and Organisms
  • Basements
  • Interiors

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Interior

ID Number

2002-12199

Physical description

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

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