Florence E. Meier Chase

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Summary

In her office at the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," Florence E. Meier Chase (1902-1978) is seated in a chair with her hands atop the desk. A microscope is on the desk. Chase was a botanist with the Radiation Biology Laboratory, part of the Smithsonian's Astrophysical Observatory. Dr. Chase received her B.A. from Wellesley College and her Ph.D. from the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

Subject

  • Chase, Florence Meier
  • Radiation Biology Laboratory
  • Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Box 3, Folder Tolman Scrapbook A-N

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1935

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Radiobiology
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Botany
  • Employees
  • Microscopes
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees
  • Botanists

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-0098 and original Neg. #32399-4

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 2.20w x 2.50h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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