Henry B. Collins, Jr., in Florida, 1927-28

Summary

Conducting field work in the winter of 1927-1928, Henry Bascom Collins, Jr., (1899-1987), archaeologist with the Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, is shown kneeling along with Charlie Kersey (left) in front of a tent at a camp in southwestern Florida.

Subject

• Collins, Henry Bascom 1899-
• United States National Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph included in the transcript of Henry B. Collins, Jr., Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, March 5, 1985, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9528, Box 1, Henry B. Collins, Jr., Oral History Interviews

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1927-1928

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Kersey, Charlie
• Scientific expeditions
• Camp sites, facilities, etc
• Ethnology
• Employees
• Anthropology
• Camps
• Archaeology
• Equipment
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Field Work
• Camping
• Camping--Equipment and supplies
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees
• Archaeologists

Place

Florida

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2009-2049 and 4883-A

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 9 1/4w x 7 1/8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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