Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Abbot, C. G (Charles Greeley) b. 1872  Search this

Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922  Search this

Dorsey, Harry W 1874-1960  Search this

Traylor, James G  Search this

Fewkes, Jesse Walter 1850-1930  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Board of Regents  Search this

Smithsonian Institution Building Regents' Room  Search this

Physical description:

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print

Type:

Photographic print

Group

Date:

1926

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

There are also two different photographs (Neg. #'s 17177-a and 82-3348) of this event at SIA RU95 B56 F16.

Summary:

Photo session before presentation of bust of Alexander Graham Bell at the annual meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution on December 9, 1926. From left to right are: Nicholas W. Dorsey, Harry W. Dorsey, E. DeAtler, J. W. Perkins, James G. Traylor, Assistant Secretary Charles Greeley Abbot (seated) (who later became the fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1928-1944), an unidentified man, the bust of Alexander Graham Bell, two unidentified men, and Jesse Walter Fewkes. The sculptor was Victor Salvatore (not present in the image).

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 187, Folder 1

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Dorsey, Nicholas W  Search this

Perkins, J. U  Search this

Secretaries  Search this

Meetings  Search this

Secretariats  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Standard number:

94-12598

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_8285