George Brown Goode
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1870
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 9, Folder: 28A
George Brown Goode (1851-1896) as a student at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, c. 1870. From 1887 to 1896, Goode served as Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum (USNM), Smithsonian Institution. This photograph of Goode shows him looking at the camera which is slightly to his right. Goode was an ichthyologist, or fish specialist by training. Goode joined the staff of the Smithsonian to assist with preparations for exhibits at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and eventually became one of the leading figures in American museum theory and practice.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 9, Folder: 28A
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1870
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11421 or 37872-A
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print