Professor Albert. B. Bibb

Summary

Professor Albert B. Bibb architect and professor of architecture for Catholic University is standing looking to the left. He has on an overcoat with a scarf around his neck. A file cabinet is visible on the left and behind him on the right is a window with an awning. Bibb also served as the architect for the United States Life-Savings Service (later the United States Coast Guard), designed numerous life-saving stations for the agency.

Subject

• Bibb, Albert Burnley
• United States Coast Guard

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• 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.
• For another image of Professor Bibb, see Neg. # SIA2011-0268.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 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

March 1936

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Architects
• Windows
• Awnings

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Person, candid

ID Number

SIA2011-0269 or 32372-4

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 2.5w x 2.25h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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