Frank Greenwell Standing with Whale Skull

Summary

• In the Collection Storage area of the National Museum of Natural History, Frank Greenwell is standing beside a whale skull, which is being held in a frame in an upright position, where he is working on its preservation and storage. Other support frames can be seen in the background.
• Greenwell joined the staff of the Smithsonian in 1957, and soon found himself part of the team that prepared the Fénykövi Elephant for exhibition. His work did not keep him solely in the taxidermy studio. Greenwell went on scientific expeditions all over the world-collecting everything from a tiny shrew to the skulls of twelve gray whales. Later, Greenwell found that he preferred to capture the natural world with a camera and developed his skills as a nature photographer.

Subject

• Greenwell, Frank M
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Zoology
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• Taxidermy Shop

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975.
• For other images of Frank Greenwell, see Negatives SIA2013-03955 through SIA2013-03960.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 095-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier

Contact information

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

Date

1975

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Preservation
• Employees
• Museums
• Skulls
• Mammals
• Marine Biology
• Taxidermy
• Museum storage facilities
• Animals
• Taxidermists
• Collectors and collecting
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Specimens
• Whale Bones
• National Collections
• Marine mammals
• Museums--Collection management
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

• Person, candid
• Slide

ID Number

SIA2013-03959

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1w x 1 3.7h; Type of Image: Person, candid ; Medium: Slide

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