Cyrus Adler Sitting

ID: SIA2011-0092 and Neg. # 21110

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1890

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 21

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Summary

Cyrus Adler sits with his hands, a little further apart, in his lap. Adler was the honorary assistant curator for the Department of Semitics at the United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., from 1888 until 1893. At the Smithsonian, Adler also served as curator of Historic Archaeology and Historic Religions from 1889 to 1898, librarian from 1892 to 1905, and assistant secretary from 1905 to 1908.

Subject

  • Adler, Cyrus 1863-1940
  • United States National Museum
  • Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

See also SIA2011-0091 and SIA2011-0093 for other views of Adler.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 21

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1890

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Assistant Secretaries
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Museums
  • Librarians
  • Museum curators
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Portraits

ID Number

SIA2011-0092 and Neg. # 21110

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Cyanotype; Size: 8w x 9.7h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print

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