Rachel Louise Carson
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Object Details
- Date
- 1962
- Artist
- Alfred Eisenstaedt, 6 Dec 1898 - 25 Aug 1995
- Sitter
- Rachel Louise Carson, 27 May 1907 - 14 Apr 1964
- Place
- United States\Maryland\Montgomery\Silver Spring
- Topic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
- Interior\Domestic
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk
- Equipment\Laboratory Equipment\Microscope
- Rachel Louise Carson: Female
- Rachel Louise Carson: Literature\Writer\Scientific writer
- Rachel Louise Carson: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Environmentalist
- Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist
- Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist
- Rachel Louise Carson: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist\Marine Biologist
- Rachel Louise Carson: Civilian awards\Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Portrait
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Data Source
- National Portrait Gallery
- Object number
- NPG.2006.79
- Type
- Photograph
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet: 27.7 x 20.5cm (10 7/8 x 8 1/16")
- Mat: 45.7 x 35.6cm (18 x 14")
- Metadata Usage
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.2006.79