Searching for the Photographs of the Nizhny Novgorod University’s Zoologists

The article describes the author’s personal experience of searching for the photographs
of the Nizhny Novgorod University’s zoologists, demonstrating the complexity and ramifications of this process. The search for photographic portraits is an exciting stage of a history of science study, as it enables reconstructing the features of particular scientists, their
attire and surrounding interior. Introducing visual sources for scientific use considerably
animates and enriches the content of scientific publications. In this connection the researchers in their scientific pursuits do not limit themselves to written sources and are
keen to start searching for particular photographic documents that help to more fully and
authentically present the images of certain individuals, organization of research work in
the laboratories, and the history of concrete events and phenomena.