Captain Tom Faunce

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Summary

Captain Tom Faunce sits on board his boat named "The Tomboy" reading. He was a friend of Edward P. Henderson (1898-1992), Curator at the National Museum of Natural History. Henderson recommended the Captain in 1936 to the Geological Society of America when the group wanted to make a field trip around the area, especially the Chesapeake Bay. An article about the Captain was written in 1944 by the Times Herald.

Subject

  • Henderson, Edward Porter
  • Faunce, Tom Captain
  • Geological Society of America
  • Times-Herald

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of the Edward P. Henderson Oral History Interview by Pamela M. Henson, March 22, 1985 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

1944

Restrictions & Rights

Times-Herald--Washington, D.C

Topic

Boats and boating

Place

Washington, D.C

Form/Genre

  • Person, candid
  • Newspaper photograph

ID Number

85-11382

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Newspaper photograph

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