Secretary Charles D. Walcott in the Field
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Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Original in SIA RU7004, Box 44, Folder 4.
- Summary
- Charles D. Walcott (1850-1927), fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1907-1927), in the field at Fossil Quarry, Burgess Pass, British Columbia, c. 1911-1912. Secretary Walcott is seen here standing against a rock wall holding a pry bar with several tools nearby, including a shovel, hoe, and axe.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 24, Folder 2A
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1911
- Standard number
- 84-16281
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- Canada
- Burgess Pass (Alta.)
- Fossil Mountain
- Canadian Rockies
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Secretaries
- Secretariats
- Tools
- Clothing and dress
- Paleontologists
- Scientific expeditions
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9768
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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