Robert Dale Owen
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1840s
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 18, Folder: 10
Younger looking portrait of Robert Dale Owen, son of Utopian founder of New Harmony, from a daguerreotype. As a Congressman, he was active in debates over the creation of the Smithsonian Institution. Owen argued for an institution to train teachers for a nationwide system of free secondary education schools. He served on the first Smithsonian Board of Regents, and was influential in the design of the Smithsonian Institution Building, also known as the Castle.
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Original negative number is 64747 also 60530-F, but that negative has been lost. Original daguerreotype in section of photography cat. #67-54.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 18, Folder: 10
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1840s
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Photographic print
2002-12184
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print