Hall of Gems and Minerals, USNM (NMNH)

Summary

After the Exhibits Modernization Program, in the Gems and Minerals Hall in the new United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, a wall case acknowledges the contribution by public-spirited donors' Washington A. Roebling, Frederick A. Canfield and Leander T. and Frances Lea Chamberlain with photo images of Washington A. Roebling, Frederick A. Canfield and Isaac Lea. Also in the case is a specimen from each of their collections.

Subject

• Roebling, Washington Augustus 1837-1926
• Canfield, Frederick A (Frederick Alexander) 1849-1926
• Lea, Isaac
• Chamberlain, Frances Lea
• Chamberlain, L. T (Leander Trowbridge) 1837-1913
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
• Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum
• United States National Museum
• Hall of Gems and Minerals (Exhibition) (1958: United States National Museum)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 44 Folder 16

Contact information

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

Date

1958

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Donors
• Mineralogy
• Exhibit cases
• Collectors and collecting
• Minerals

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-077

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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