Smithsonian Institution Building, West Wing, c 1903
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1903
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 19
Lower Invertebrates exhibit in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), 1903. Models of a giant squid and an octopus, designed for the Tennessee Exposition of 1897, hang from the ceiling over the exhibit cases. These painted plaster casts were considered art objects by the head curator of the Department of Biology, but large specimens were difficult to preserve and display. The exhibit cases contain coral and other objects.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
USNM Annual Report 1903, facing page 229
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder: 19
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1903
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16876 or MNH-16876
Color: Black and White; Size: 9 1/4w x 7 1/2h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print