Mary Vaux Walcott
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Object Details
- Date
- 1920
- Subject
- Walcott, Mary Vaux 1860-1940
- Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940), third wife of Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850-1927), fourth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927. Mrs. Walcott was a noted wild flower artist, photographer, and amateur geologist and accompanied her husband on his trips to British Columbia. She is pictured seated in a field camp and on the ground are rolled up bedrolls, two carrying cases and other camp equipment. Patches of snow can be seen.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 69, Folder: SA-88
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- Place
- British Columbia
- Topic
- Artists
- Expeditions
- Camping--Equipment and supplies
- Camps
- Clothing and dress
- Geologists
- Photographers
- Scientific expeditions
- Secretaries
- Snow
- Women
- Women--History
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Standard number
- 2006-3058 or SA-88
- Type
- Photographic print
- Person, candid
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Metadata Usage
- Usage conditions apply
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11636