Smithsonian Institution Building Great Hall Offices

Summary

Curators of Fishes and Marine Invertebrates (Crustaceans) and other departments' offices for cataloging and arranging collection specimens located on the former exhibit galleries (north balcony) of the Great Hall in the Smithsonian Institution Building. The balcony exhibit space was replaced by offices beginning in 1882. Specimen jars are on tables and stands. Other scientific apparatus can be seen on the table in the foreground. A woman with her back to the camera is seated at another table and a man appears to be looking into a microscope at another table. The balconies were demolished in 1914 to make way for the Library and Graphic Arts displays.

Subject

• Rathbun, Mary Jane 1860-1943
• Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
• Smithsonian Institution Building Great Hall

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

photo can be dated more exactly by calendar in left corner.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 31, Folder: 43 and Record Unit 95, Box 31A, Folder: 30

Contact information

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

Date

1903

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Curators
• Women
• Equipment
• Balconies
• Scientific apparatus and instruments
• Interiors
• Museums
• Galleries
• Microscopes
• Offices
• Museum curators
• Research--Equipment and supplies

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Interior

ID Number

16983 or 16853 or 18938 or AI-18938

Physical description

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

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