Robert Kennicott, Explorer, in Field Outfit

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Author

Unknown

Subject

Kennicott, Robert

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Notes

43604 or MAH-43604 is the black and white negative and print, as well as this original carte de visite.

Summary

Robert Kennicott (1835-1866), explorer and naturalist, in his field clothes. Noted for his field work in Alaska, Kennicott was one of a group of young naturalists who lived in the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle" and dubbed themselves "The Megatherium Club." Kennicott died in Alaska on May 13, 1866, while commanding the Russian-American Telegraph Expedition, also known as the Western Union Telegraph Expedition.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27C, Folder: 37

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1860s

Standard number

SIA2011-0145

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Card photograph

Portraits

Physical description

Color: Sepia; Size: 2.5w x 4h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Card photograph

Place

Alaska

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Explorers

Megatherium Club

Expeditions

Scientific expeditions

Scientific Corps

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9667