Object Details
Author
Unknown
Subject
Dyar, Harrison G (Harrison Gray) 1866-1929
Cushman, Robert Asa
Schwarz, Eugene Amandus 1844-1928
Caudell, Andrew Nelson
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Insects
United States National Museum
Arts and Industries Building
United States National Museum Dept. of Entomology
National Collections
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
See Neg. # 92-1600 which is a slightly different view.
Summary
Entomology staff of the Division of Insects, United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building in the collection area. Staff (left to right): Unidentified young man, Mrs. Virginia (Jennie) Locke, Andrew Nelson Caudell, James Crawford, Daniel Coquillett, Otto Heidemann, William H. Ashmead, Harrison Gray Dyer, Eugene A. Schwarz, and at the end on the right is possibly Robert Asa Cushman or Raymond Corbett Shannan. A bank of storage cabinets containing trays are along the back wall. Some large specimens including a head showing teeth of an animal are lying on a shelf on the left. A tall ladder leans against storage units on the right.
Contained within
Contained Within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7323, Box 16, Folder: 54
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
c. 1905
Standard number
SIA2011-0103 and Neg. # 92-1599
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown
Type
Photographic print
Group
Physical description
Color: Sepia; Size: 5w x 4h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Entomology
Specimens
Entomologists
Smithsonian Institution--Employees
Ladders
Museum storage facilities
Women
Record ID
siris_sic_5902