Hashime_Murayama_Washington_Star,_February_26,_1939.jpg
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Hashime Murayama, Washington Star, February 26, 1939 ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Hashime Murayama,
Washington Star
, February 26, 1939
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Picture of scientific illustrator and artist Hashime Murayama, published in the Washington Star , February 26, 1939, p.C10 (photo), synopsis: The eldest son of a samurai family who forsook the warrior inclinations of his distinguished forebears. Came to US with Count Aoki, Japanese Ambassador. At Ward’s Island worked under Dr. Adolph Meyer. At Cornell he made, stained and mounted slides for histology and embryology. His patent was for a method of preserving spinal nerve anatomy. In summer he studied art at Metropolitan Museum, sketching at the NY Aquarium. Selected to arrange the Japanese Armor Hall at Metropolitan. Illustrating a fish study for the Miami Beach Aquarium brought him to the attention of Dr. John Oliver Gorce, vice-president of the National Geographic Society, who suggested his appointment. He married the daughter of his Kyoto art professor. Ken is a news cameraman.Copyright not renewed. |
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institution QS:P195,Q5090408
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Notes | Image downloaded with permission from the Science History Institute, as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source | https://gloverparkhistory.com/glover-park/family-pictures/the-murayama-family/ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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