Langley with Easter Island Statues

Summary

Samuel P. Langley (1834-1906), third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1887-1906) with George Brown Goode (left) and Otis T. Mason (right) stand beside one of the Easter Island statues in the United States National Museum Building, now the Arts and Industries Building.

Subject

• Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
• Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896
• Mason, Otis Tufton 1838-1908
• United States National Museum
• Arts and Industries Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Original negative number is MAH-4072. According to Yochelson in 'The National Museum of Natural History' (p.97), Easter Island sculptures were acquired in 1887 and installed in USNM the following year. A similar print is MAH-5793A.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 15, Folder 8C

Contact information

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

Date

1888

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Pacific and South Asian Ethnology Exhibits
• Secretaries
• Anthropology
• Exhibitions
• Ethnology
• Hall of Pacific and South Asian Ethnology
• Statues
• National Collections
• Easter Island
• Asian Ethnology
• Anthropology--Asian

Place

Easter Island

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

2002-12173 and MAH-4072

Physical description

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

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