Description: Mildred Adams Fenton (1899-1995) trained in paleontology and geology at the University of Iowa. She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband, Carroll Lane Fenton, including Records of Evolution (1924), Land We Live On (1944), and Worlds in the Sky (1963).
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?id=5797
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Collection: Accession 90-105: Science Service Records, 1920s – 1970s - Science Service, now the Society for Science & the Public, was a news organization founded in 1921 to promote the dissemination of scientific and technical information. Although initially intended as a news service, Science Service produced an extensive array of news features, radio programs, motion pictures, phonograph records, and demonstration kits and it also engaged in various educational, translation, and research activities.
Accession number: SIA2008-0567
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pennylrichardsca 29 months ago | reply
This image was used in a collage made at THATCamp LA:
Smithsonian Institution 29 months ago | reply
-Susannah
Pete Tillman 27 months ago | reply
She has a WP page now, with this photo:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Adams_Fenton
Smithsonian Institution 27 months ago | reply
Thanks, Pete!
Susannah
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