Credits Spencer F. Baird and Ichthyology at the Smithsonian, 1850-1900 was initiated and produced by Inci A. Bowman, and written by David G. Smith and Inci A. Bowman, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following individuals during the preparation of this Web presentation: Victor G. Springer and Jeffrey T. Williams, Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History; William Cox, Smithsonian Institution Archives; staff of the National Museum of Natural History Branch Library; and staff of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Home Page design and Web site maintenance: Dennis Hasch, Computer Specialist and Webmaster, National Museum of Natural History. Picture Credits Division of Fishes, National Museum of Natural History: 11. Spencer F. Baird, ca. 1875; 12. G. Brown Goode; 16. Tarleton H. Bean; 17. Theodore N. Gill; 21. David S. Jordan. Smithsonian Institution Archives: 1. Spencer F. Baird, ca. 1850; 5. Caleb B.R. Kennerly; 6. Robert Kennicott; 7. John S. Newberry; 8. William Stimpson; 9. George Suckley; 10. John Xantus; 19. Charles F. Girard. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress: 22. Louis Agassiz (LC-USZ62-101772). Published Sources: 4. Plate from v.3 of Reports of Explorations and Surveys [Pacific Railroad Survey Reports]; 13. Frontis of American Fishes by G.B. Goode; 14. Plate 94, Fisheries and Fishery Industries by G.B. Goode (ed.); 15. and 18. Plates 79 and 74 respectively, Oceanic Ichthyology by G.B. Goode and T.H. Bean; 20. Plate 13, Ichthyology of the Boundary by C.F. Girard; 23. Displays of Fish, 1876. A Centennial Exhibition by R. C. Post (ed). Individuals: 2. Smithsonian Fish Specimens, digital photo by Sandra Raredon; 3. Growth of Smithsonian Fish Collection, graph by David G. Smith.

 

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