Florence E. Meier Chase

Summary

In her office at the Smithsonian Institution Building, or the "Castle," Florence E. Meier Chase (1902-1978) is seated in a chair looking into a microscope. 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. The image has some perforations running through it.

Subject

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

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The image is included in Ruel P. Tolman's, former Director of Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Arts, scrapbook of photographs of Smithsonian staff, grounds and buildings, exhibitions, and Washington, D.C. scenes, (Section C).

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

SIA2011-0099 or 32399-

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 2.25w x 2.25h; Type of Image: Person, candid ; Medium: Photographic print

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