Edward P. Henderson Inspecting Diamonds in Japan

Summary

From left to right: Sakikawa, Sunagawa and Edward P. Henderson seated at a table inspecting diamonds. Under an agreement with the Japanese Minister of Finance Isamu Matsunaga, Henderson went to Japan to judge and appraise with experts 7,000 carats of diamonds. Henderson (1898-1992) was mineral science curator at the National Museum of Natural History.

Subject

• Henderson, Edward Porter
• Sakikawa, Mr
• Sunagawa, Ichirō

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

• 1966
• 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

85-7037

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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