Charles D. Walcott in Field with Horses

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Summary

Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), paleontologist and fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian (1907-1927). Walcott is in the field in the Canadian Rockies where he uncovered the Burgess Shale. Walcott made annual field trips to the Canadian Rockies from 1907 to 1925. In this image, he is standing between two horses holding a stick in his left hand. A lake in a typical U-shaped glacial valley cut into horizontally bedded Paleozoic rocks is visible behind him.

Subject

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 24, Folder 2A

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1920

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Mountains
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Secretariats
  • Secretaries
  • Clothing and dress
  • Explorations and Expeditions
  • Burgess Shale (B.C.)
  • Paleontology

Place

  • Canada
  • British Columbia

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Person, candid

ID Number

SA-118

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 4.75w x 4h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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