Charles Doolittle Walcott Excavating Burgess Shale

ID: SIA2010-3248 and SA-691 and 92-6989

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1915

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 24, Folder: 3-B

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Summary

Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), paleontologist and fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1907-1927). Walcott, along with two other men, is shown excavating the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada. Walcott is the man with the wide brim hat.

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: 3-B

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1915

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

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

Place

  • Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.)
  • Canada
  • British Columbia

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

SIA2010-3248 and SA-691 and 92-6989

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8.25w x 6.25h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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