Solomon Brown Tribute with D. Evans, G. Lowe, C.E. Payne, D.B. Payne & C. Samper

Object Details

Category: Born Digitial Images
Notes: Original Image is a Born Digital from Accession 09-291. The original negative is tree.jpg. The image was featured in the July 2004 edition of the "Torch."; The image incorrectly lists Dr. Gail Lowe as Dr. Gail Evans.
Summary: The Smithsonian commemorated the 100th anniversary of the ground breaking for the Natural History Museum Building with a ceremony on June 15, 2004 which paid tribute to the memory of Solomon G. Brown, the Smithsonian Institution's first African American employee. Brown, who was at the 1904 ground breaking, was a self-taught natural historian and poet who worked for the Institution for more than 50 years. In his reminiscences, Brown expressed regret that the trees had to be cut down to build the new museum. In the image from the left, David Evans, Under Secretary for Science; Gail Lowe, senior historian, Anacostia Museum; Clara Ellis Payne and Darryl Brandon Payne, descendants of Solomon Brown; and Cristian Samper, National Museum of Natural History director.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 09-291, Folder: TORCH July-December 2004
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Data Source: Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Date: June 15, 2004

Standard number: SIA2011-1198

Author: Dorwin, Harold
Subject: Samper, Cristián; Brown, Solomon Galleon c. 1829-1906; Evans, David L; Payne, Clara Ellis; Payne, Darryl Brandon; Lowe, Gail Sylvia; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Restrictions & Rights: No restrictions

Type: Event; Exterior; Group

Physical description: Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 10.3w x 7.2h; Type of Image: Group; Exterior; Event; Medium: Digital Image

Place: Washington (D.C.)

Topic: Ceremonies; Event; Anniversaries; Museum directors; Smithsonian Institution--Employees; African Americans; Groundbreaking

Record ID: siris_sic_12933

Usage: Usage conditions apply

Related Object Groups

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer