S. Dillon Ripley and Salim Ali
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Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Ali, Sálim 1896-1987
- Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian (1964-1984) S. Dillon Ripley (1913-2001) and Salim Ali (1896-1987) standing on a high hill. Ripley is holding a gun in his right hand and both men have binoculars around their necks. Ali is holding a camera in his right hand. Ripley went to India to do research with Ali for their book "Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan."
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 613, Box 417, Folder: Photographs Ripleys in India
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1976
- Standard number
- SIA2007-0154 and 2005-7934
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- India
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Binoculars
- Cameras
- Collectors and collecting
- Field Work
- Firearms
- Ornithologists
- Ornithology
- Scientific expeditions
- Secretariats
- Secretaries
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11423
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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