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Item Information     Who else has...     Sandved, Kjell Bloch,     Gazin, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis)     Museum of Natural History (U.S.)     National Museum of Natural History (U.S.).     National Museum of Natural History (U.S.).     National Museum of Natural History. (U.S.).     United States National Museum     Dinosaurs, Past and Present (Exhibition)     Bones     Dinosaurs     Exhibitions     Museum curators     Paleontologists     Paleontology     Skeleton     Smithsonian Institution -- Employees     Specimens     Vertebrate Paleontology     Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit     Person, candid     Slide

C. Lewis Gazin with Eremotherium, a giant ground sloth   Catalog:  Historic Images of the Smithsonian Title:  C. Lewis Gazin with Eremotherium, a giant ground sloth Date:  1975 Author/Creator:  Sandved, Kjell Bloch, 1922- Contained In:  Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95-013, Box 1, Folder: 1: A-Kier Summary:  In the Hall of Dinosaurs in the National Museum of Natural History, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis) Gazin (1904—1995) of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology stands to the left of a Eremotherium (giant ground sloth) skeleton and holds in his right hand a piece of paper and pen. Notes:  Kjell Bloch Sandved of the Office of Exhibits, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), at the commission of Porter Kier, then Director, NMNH, prepared these photographic materials to document personnel and activities of NMNH in 1975. C. Lewis Gazin was named Assistant Curator in the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Smithsonian Institution in 1932. Ten years later, in 1942, he became Associate Curator and in 1946, a Curator of the Division. In 1948, he served on a Sub-Committee on Exhibits Modernization to produce a report outlining a program to update the exhibitions in the United States National Museum. He was named Senior Paleobiologist in 1967, and when his retirement came in 1970, he was given the title of Paleobiologist Emeritus. Twelve years later in 1982 he became a Curator Emeritus. He wrote ninety-nine works on vertebrate paleontology, most of which were focused on mammalian paleontology. Gazin led field expeditions almost every summer between 1934 and 1969. For other images of C. Lewis Gazin, see negative numbers SIA2013-03935 and SIA2013-03936. Usage:  Restrictions: No restrictions Physical_Description:  Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 1w X 1 3.7h ; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Slide Negative Number:  SIA2013-03934 Ordering Information:  For permission to reproduce or publish, and to order reproductions contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5941. Digital Reference:  Digital Copies:  SIA2013-03934.tif 4500 dpi Subject:  Gazin, C. Lewis (Charles Lewis) Museum of Natural History (U.S.) National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Dept. of Paleobiology National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Dept. of Paleobiology. Division of Invertebrate Paleontology National Museum of Natural History. (U.S.). Division of Vertebrate Paleontology United States National Museum Dinosaurs, Past and Present (Exhibition) (1987: National Museum of Natural History) Bones Dinosaurs Exhibitions Museum curators -- Washington (D.C.) Paleontologists Paleontology Skeleton Smithsonian Institution -- Employees Specimens Vertebrate Paleontology Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit Form/Genre:  Person, candid Slide Contact Information:  Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu Copy/Holding information Catalog   Historic Images of the Smithsonian Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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