The Castle Stereos: Views of Exhibits in the Smithsonian Institution

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Category: Smithsonian History Bibliography
Notes: Author Stamm is Keeper of the Castle Collection; co-author Fleming was a photo archivist at the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives.
Summary: Final part of a series of three articles on stereo views of the Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle in the late nineteenth century. The Castle opened to the public in 1855 and contained exhibits of scientific, artistic, historical, and cultural materials. These images include a meteorite, minerals, sculpture, a Megatherium skeleton, mammals, Native Americans, a Japanese warrior, Dr. Kane's Arctic expedition gear, and mummies from Peru and Egypt
Contained within: Stereo World 35, no. 5 (Journal)
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Author: Stamm, Richard E; Fleming, Paula
Subject: Palmer, Joseph; Kane, Elisha Kent 1820-1857; Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917; Tucson Ring Meteorite; Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.); Arctic Expedition

Topic: Meteorites; Human remains (Archaeology); Indians of North America; Taxidermy; Megatherium; Japanese Military Uniforms; Sioux Indians; Japanese Armor; Mammals; Photography--History; Sculpture; Mummies; Photographic collections; Exhibitions