George P. Merrill Looking at Physical and Chemical Geology Exhibit

ID: SIA2009-4244 or 82-2 or 17781 H

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: February 11, 1927

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 9

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Summary

Physical and Chemical Geology Exhibit at the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian, February 11, 1927, with George P. Merrill (1854-1929), Curator, standing with his hand on the back of chair looking at the exhibit panel. There are two large pictures on the panel with the one on the right labeled: "A Falling Meteorite." In front of Merrill, laid out on a table, are different types of mineral specimens. At his back is the Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit. The exhibits were located in the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle." Merrill was a geologist and head curator of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum from 1917-1929.

Subject

  • Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929
  • National Collections
  • Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution
  • United States National Museum Dept. of Geology
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

See Negative Number 17883-A for identification of the specimens and pictures in the Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 9

Contact information

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

Date

  • February 11, 1927
  • 1927

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Curators
  • Physical geology
  • Geology
  • Meetings
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Minerals
  • Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit
  • Meteorites
  • Geologists
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Specimens
  • Exhibitions
  • Collection and preservation
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Museum curators
  • Minerals--Collection and preservation

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid
  • Exhibit

ID Number

SIA2009-4244 or 82-2 or 17781 H

Physical description

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

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