The Ripleys with Elephants in India

ID: 2005-7935

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1976

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613, Box 417, Folder: Photos Ripleys in India

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Summary

Ornithologist and eighth Smithsonian Secretary (1964-1984) S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) and Mary Livingston Ripley (d. 1996) are standing in front of four elephants with their drivers seated on each. Ripley made a trip to India in 1976 to conduct research with Salim Ali for their "Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan." Ripley has binoculars hanging around his neck.

Subject

  • Ripley, Mary Moncrieffe Livingston
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photograph is also in the Secretaries Files for Fiscal Year 1977, Box 18, Folder: Photos

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613, Box 417, Folder: Photos Ripleys in India

Contact information

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

Date

1976

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Women
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Secretariats
  • Animals
  • Secretaries
  • Binoculars
  • Field Work
  • Birds
  • Elephants
  • Ornithologists
  • Ornithology

Place

India

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

2005-7935

Physical description

Color: Color; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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