Doris Holmes Blake with Pet Iguana

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Blake, Doris Holmes

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Entomology

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Insects

United States National Museum Dept. of Entomology

Summary

Doris Holmes Blake (1892-1978), with her pet iguana on her shoulder sits at her desk. Blake was a coleopterist, who worked in the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Entomology from 1928 until 1933, and where she continued as an unpaid research associate until her death.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit7310, Box 36, Folder: 8

Contact information

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

Date

1978

Standard number

SIA2010-1590

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Person, candid

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 5w x 7.5h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Beetles

Insects

Entomology

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Entomologists

Iguanas

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_13428