Rachel Louise Carson

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Object Details

Artist

Alfred Eisenstaedt, 6 Dec 1898 - 25 Aug 1995

Sitter

Rachel Louise Carson, 27 May 1907 - 14 Apr 1964

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1962

Object number

NPG.2006.79

Restrictions & Rights

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Copyright

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image/Sheet: 27.7 x 20.5cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/16")

Mat: 45.7 x 35.6cm (18 x 14")

Place

United States\Maryland\Montgomery\Silver Spring

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair

Interior\Domestic

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk

Equipment\Laboratory Equipment\Microscope

Rachel Louise Carson: Female

Rachel Louise Carson: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Scientific writer

Rachel Louise Carson: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Environmentalist

Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist

Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist

Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist\Marine Biologist

Rachel Louise Carson: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom

Portrait

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