Object Details
- Author
- Sandved, Kjell Bloch 1922-
- Subject
- Greenwell, Frank M
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Zoology
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Taxidermy Shop
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975.
- For other images of Frank Greenwell, see Negatives SIA2013-03955 through SIA2013-03960.
- Summary
- In the Collection Storage area of the National Museum of Natural History, a close-up of Frank Greenwell is standing beside a whale skull, which is being held in a frame in an upright position, that he is working on its preservation and storage. Other support frames can also be seen in the background.
- Greenwell joined the staff of the Smithsonian in 1957, and soon found himself part of the team that prepared the Fénykövi Elephant for exhibition. His work did not keep him solely in the taxidermy studio. Greenwell went on scientific expeditions all over the world-collecting everything from a tiny shrew to the skulls of twelve gray whales. Later, Greenwell found that he preferred to capture the natural world with a camera and developed his skills as a nature photographer.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 095-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1975
- Standard number
- SIA2013-03960
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Person, candid
- Slide
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1w x 1 3.7h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Collectors and collecting
- National Collections
- Preservation
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Taxidermists
- Taxidermy
- Whale Bones
- Marine mammals
- Record ID
- siris_sic_14467
