Object Details
Author
Strauss, Richard
Subject
Mathias, Charles McC (Charles McCurdy) 1922-
Hines, Anson "Tuck"
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)
Chesapeake Bay Center for Environmental Studies
Chesapeake Bay Center for Field Biology (CBCFB)
United States Congress Senate
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Featured in "Torch," August 1989
Summary
On a tour of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's (SERC) new Charles McC. Mathias Laboratory, SERC scientist Tuck Hines shows Senator Mathias a tank for Chesapeake blue crabs. The opening of the new laboratory at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, was celebrated on June 1, 1989. The laboratory was named for Sen. "Mac" Mathias, former U.S. Senator from Maryland (1968-1986), who championed legislation to protect the Chesapeake Bay from over-development and pollution.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: August 1989
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
June 1, 1989
Standard number
SIA2011-1027 and 89-10018-29
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Photographic print
Person, candid
Physical description
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Openings
Environmental research
Laboratories
Scientists
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Edgewater, Maryland
Chesapeake Bay (MD)
Record ID
siris_sic_5747