Taxidermist at Work on Roosevelt Safari Specimens
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- United States National Museum
- Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Featured in the "Torch," March 1984
- Summary
- Specimens from the Teddy Roosevelt's African safari being worked on in the taxidermy workroom in the new United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History. The specimens were placed on display in 1913.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: March 1984
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1911
- Standard number
- 95-253
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Interior
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Specimens
- National Collections
- Smithsonian Institution--Employees
- Expeditions
- Exhibitions
- Workrooms
- Scientific expeditions
- Taxidermy
- Taxidermists
- Lions
- Laboratories
- Record ID
- siris_sic_8815
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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