Taxidermist at Work
Object Details
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- A Smithsonian employee, probably Nelson Wood, sits at a table working on bird specimens in an upstairs room in the Old Shed in the South Yard. Stuffed birds are on either side of him and other specimens sit on the shelves above him. A tray of bird skins sits on the floor in front of his table awaiting mounting. Other tools and supplies are scattered around the room.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28, Folder 31-A
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Date
- c. 1880s
- Standard number
- MNH-6085
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Wood, Nelson
- South Yard
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Interior
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print
- Topic
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Taxidermy
- Birds
- Ornithology
- Laboratories
- Birds--Collection and preservation
- Specimens
- Exhibitions
- Record ID
- siris_sic_7932
