Edward Porter Henderson and William F. Foshag

ID: 85-7029

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1945

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529, Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews

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Summary

L to R: Edward P. Henderson (1898-1992) and William F. Foshag (1894-1956) on a trip to Japan to do post-war work for the United States Army. The picture is entitled "Husks on Houses." He went to Japan with Foshag to sort, count and appraise gemstones recovered by the United States Army.

Subject

  • Henderson, Edward Porter
  • Foshag, William F
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
  • United States. Army

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of the Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interview by Pamela M. Henson, August 29, 1984 in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9529, Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interviews

Contact information

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

Date

  • 1945
  • Allied occupation, 1945-1952

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Gems
  • Mineralogy
  • Diamonds
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Field Work
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Mineralogists
  • History
  • Appraisers
  • Museum curators
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Place

  • Japan
  • Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

85-7029

Physical description

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

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