Bridge Tender with Family

ID: 94-12232

Creator: Schmitt, Waldo L (Waldo Lasalle) 1887-1977

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1926

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7231, Box 85, Folder 116

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Summary

Taken on one of Waldo L. Schmitt's expeditions, in Moche, Peru, a bridge tender, who helped Schmitt collect marine invertebrates, and his family. Waldo LaSalle Schmitt, curator, Division of Marine Invertebrates, United States National Museum (USNM), went on numerous field trips to South America.

Subject

  • Schmitt, Waldo L (Waldo Lasalle) 1887-1977
  • United States National Museum
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • United States National Museum Division of Marine Invertebrates

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Waldo LaSalle Schmitt Papers, 1907-1977 15. Expedition files, 1911-1963

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 7231, Box 85, Folder 116

Contact information

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

Date

1926

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Marine invertebrates
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Museums
  • School field trips
  • Field trips
  • Museum curators

Place

  • South America
  • Peru

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group

ID Number

94-12232

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 4 1/2w x 3 1/2h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print

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