Scientific Experiment, Division of Radiation and Organisms
ID: SIA2011-0176 or 32280-4
Creator: Tolman, Ruel P (Ruel Pardee) 1878-1954
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1930s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Ruel P. Tolman Collection, Box 3, Folder: 1 Scrapbook II, 1934-1942, "A-N"
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An experiment set up by the Division of Radiation and Organisms whose laboratory was located in the west end of the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building, also known as the "Castle."
Subject
- Division of Radiation and Organisms Smithsonian Insitution Building
- Radiation and Biology Laboratory Division of Radiation and Organisms
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
- See Neg. #SIA2011-0175 for a full view of the experiment. In 1929, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Division of Radiation and Organisms, later the Smithsonian Radiation Biology Laboratory, was established by Secretary Charles G. Abbot. The Division's purpose was to undertake investigations of the effect of solar radiation on living organisms, mainly plants.
- This image was taken by Ruel P. Tolman, artist, curator and later Director of Smithsonian National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and is included in a scrapbook of photographs of Smithsonian staff, grounds and buildings, exhibitions, and Washington, D.C., scenes.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7433, Ruel P. Tolman Collection, Box 3, Folder: 1 Scrapbook II, 1934-1942, "A-N"
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1930s
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Equipment
- Scientific apparatus and instruments
- Laboratories
- Basements
- Experiments
- Science rooms and equipment
- Research--Equipment and supplies
Form/Genre
- Photographic print
- Interior
- Object
ID Number
SIA2011-0176 or 32280-4
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Sepia; Size: 2.25w x 2.25h; Type of Image: Object; Interior; Medium: Photographic print