entomology

Leland Ossian Howard (1857-1950) was Chief of the Bureau of Entomology, US Department of Agriculture, 1894-1927. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Ossian_Howard His papers are at the American Philosophical Society: www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.H835-ead.xml;...

Thanks pennylrichardsca, for filling in the name of the famous entomologist. We'll add the information the next time we update the record.

She has a public garden named after her at the Smithsonian: www.gardens.si.edu/horticulture/gardens/Ripley/ripley1.html

You are correct, Eric. The Smithsonian gardeners are pretty incredible.

The person on the top right is Mr. P. B. Shekar, former collections specialist at the Bombay Natural History Society and a regular camp member of many expeditions by Dr. Ripley in India. Mr. Shekar would have many a splendid tale to speak of about the Ripley expeditions and someone from the Smithsonian should probably get in touch with him at the BNHS and record the stories.

Thanks for the lead. and your note. We will let you know what we find out! Sincerely, Effie

"Maurice Tanquary taught entomology for several years at Kansas State Agricultural College before joining the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1919 as chief of the division of entomology. Tanquary was interested in apiculture and resigned in 1923 to enter professional beekeeping in North Dakota. He later joined the University of Minnesota in apiculture and remained there until 1944. " entohistory.tamu.edu/hallofhonor/hallofhonor.html

Photo is dated in reverse, June 27, 1913, just before Professor Tanquary became a member of the ill-fated Crocker Land Expedition, an arctic exploring party. It took him 100 days to make a 1300-mile sledge trip out of the frozen north. Here is his report in the New York Times: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9402E...

Thanks for the information and for noting the date on the negative. We can add that to the description when we update it.

I started an entry for him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Cole_Tanquary en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocker_Land_Expedition