National Anthropological Archives

Harold Loomis photographs of Mayan sites and artifacts, 1922

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.73-1
Creators:
Loomis, H. F. (Harold Frederick), 1896-
Dates:
1922
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
3 Negatives (photographic)
nitrate
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs depicting Tikal Mayan sites, jade necklace and knife.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
Harold Frederick Loomis (1896-1976?) was a photographer, botanist and horticulturalist with the US Department of Agriculture (1914-1958), where he collaborated with Orator Fuller Cook.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Copies note
Copy negatives available for reference.
Custodial History note
These photographs were donated to the Botany department with O. F. Cook's notes and photographic collection. Loomis' photographs were culled from this collection and transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 1973.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
Original negatives are in cold storage and require advance notice for viewing.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 73-1, Harold Loomis photographs of Mayan sites and artifacts, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 73-1

Other Finding Aids note

Other Finding Aids note
Description of collection and copies of original sleeves available in repository.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Mayas -- Antiquities Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mayas Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cook, O. F. (Orator Fuller), 1867-1949 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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