ancient-1940

Installation of the ancient collection in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, ca. 1940

Large wood and glass display case with mirrored backing, containing pottery, small figurines and Greek helmet. The “G.R.Edwards” referred to in the title of this photograph was George Roger Edwards, Bowdoin College Class of 1935, who was the assistant curator from 1939 to 1946 of what was then called the Museum of Fine Arts.