Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896
- Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum
- United States National Museum
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- This image appears to be a cropped and air-brushed version of negative #9508.
- Summary
- George Brown Goode (1851-1896), Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution from 1887 to 1896. This photograph of Goode shows him looking directly at the camera. Goode was an ichthyologist, or fish specialist by training. Goode joined the staff of the Smithsonian to assist with preparations for exhibits at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and eventually became one of the leading figures in American museum theory and practice.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 9, Folder: 28B
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1880s
- Standard number
- 10667 or MAH-10667
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Museum techniques
- Management--Museums
- Museum curators
- Museum directors
- Museums--Employees
- Portraits
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9886
