Doris M. Cochran Working on Collections
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1954
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7151, Box 8, Folder: 2
Doris Mable Cochran (1898-1968) herpetologist in the Division of Reptiles and Amphibians of the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History), measuring a turtle shell, September 1954. The table she is working at is filled with glass specimen jars and books. Cochran was appointed an aide to Leonhard Stejneger in 1919, Assistant Curator in 1927, Associate Curator in 1942, and Curator in 1956. She retired in 1968.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7151, Box 8, Folder: 2
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1954
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SIA2009-0711 or 96-951
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print