Ripleys in India

Summary

From left to right in the first row: Unidentified person, Salim Ali (1896-1987), Mary Livingston Ripley (d. 1996), and ornithologist and eighth Smithsonian Secretary, 1964-1984, S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) sit on a hillside in India. Mr. P. B. Shekar, former collections specialist at the Bombay Natural History Society and a regular camp member of many expeditions by Dr. Ripley in India, is in the top, back right. The other man in the back row is unidentified. Ripley made a trip to India in 1976 to conduct research with Salim Ali for their "Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan." Ali is holding something in his hand which he is offering to Mary Ripley. One of the men in the back row is holding binoculars.

Subject

• Ali, Sálim 1896-1987
• Ripley, Mary Moncrieffe Livingston
• Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
• Shekar, P. B

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613, Box 417, Folder: Photos Ripleys in India

Contact information

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

Date

1976

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Women
• Scientific expeditions
• Secretariats
• Animals
• Secretaries
• Binoculars
• Cameras
• Field Work
• Birds
• Ornithologists
• Ornithology

Place

India

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

2005-7933 and SIA2007-0155

Physical description

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

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