Operation Crossroads: Giant Clam Specimen
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Object Details
- Subject
- Engleman, C
- United States Navy
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Operation Crossroads was an expedition to Bikini Atoll and the northern Marshall islands iunder the auspices of the Department of the Navy. Smithsonian and other scientists collected specimens before the atom bomb tests in 1946. Specimens were collected for the purpose of comparison and to make possible a study of anatomical variations among the various island populations.
- In 1947 scientists returned to resurvey the region to determine the impact of the atomic tests.
- See Neg. #s for Operation Crossroads 1947: 92-11701, SIA2010-0924, SIA2010-0925, SIA2010-0927, SIA2010-0928, SIA2010-0929, SIA2010-0964, SIA2010-0965, SIA2010-0966, SIA2010-0967, SIA2010-0968, SIA2010-0969, SIA2010-0970, SIA2010-0971, SIA2010-0972
- Summary
- Kneeling in water, Cpt. C. Engleman and a U. S. Navy diver have their hands on a 40 inch Tridacna, a type of large saltwater clam that lives in shallow water.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7222, Box 24, Folder: 1
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1947
- Standard number
- SIA2010-0929 and Neg. #92-6346
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Group, candid
- Photographic print
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Marshall Islands
- Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
- Pacific Ocean
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Atomic Bomb Tests
- Diving
- Explorations and Expeditions
- Giant clams
- Nuclear weapons--Testing
- Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946/1947
- Scientists
- Scientific expeditions
- Specimens
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13892
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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