Glass Test Tube Used for Scientific Experiment

Summary

A glass test tube is being used in an experiment 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. SIA2011-0179 and SIA2011-0181 for another view of the test tube. 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, Ruel P. Tolman Collection, 1909-1964, Record Unit 7433, 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
• Object

ID Number

SIA2011-0180 and Neg. #32279-2

Physical description

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

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