Members of the Clark Northern China Expedition, 1908
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Date: 1908
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7263, Box 13, Folder 13
Members of the Sowerby-Clark China Expedition pose for a picture. Pictured are (Right to Left) Captain H.E.M. Douglas, George A.Grant, Nathaniel H. Cobb, Robert Sterling Clark, Arthur de Carle Sowerby. In 1908, Sowerby joined American millionaire Robert Sterling Clark on an expedition into Shansi and Kansu provinces of north China. Robert Sterling Clark (1877-1956) financed several collecting trips by Sowerby. Many of the specimens collected by the Clark-Sowerby expeditions were deposited in the United States National Museum.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7263, Box 13, Folder 13
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10 w x 8 h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print