Photographic Lab Transferred to the USNM
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PrintMr. Thomas W. Smillie and his photographic apparatus are transferred from the Laboratory of Natural History to the southeastern pavilion of the National Museum Building. According to George Brown Goode's outline of organization of the National Museum in the 1883 Annual Report (p. 164), photography comes under the Department of Preparation in the Division of Administration, under the Assistant Director of the Museum.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1882