United States National Museum Entomological Workers, 1905

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
: 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

c. 1905

Physical description: Color: Sepia; Size: 5w x 4h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Entomology; Specimens; Entomologists; Smithsonian Institution--Employees; Ladders; Museum storage facilities; Women