Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Building West Wing
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Tennessee Centennial Exposition
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The original negative number is 17381, but that negative has been lost. See "The Castle" pg. 110-111
- Summary
- Lower Invertebrates exhibit in the West Wing of the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle." Models of a giant squid and an octopus, designed for the Tennessee Exposition of 1897, hang from the ceiling over the exhibit cases. These painted plaster casts were considered art objects, not scientific specimens, by the head curator of the Department of Biology, but large specimens were difficult to preserve and display.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 19, and Box 31A, Folder 29
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1901
- Standard number
- 2002-10680
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Giant squids
- Octopus
- Exhibitions
- Biology
- Models and modelmaking
- Art objects
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9715
