Feather arts exhibition photographs, 1980.

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Feather arts exhibition photographs, 1980.

Photographs of the exhibition, including installation, objects (from Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe, and America), and Director Dr. Thomas Nicholson and Frank Perdue at the show. Also shown is Sally Rand, a fan dancer, performing at the Museum. Photographs were taken by Joseph M. Sedacca, head of the Museum's Exhibition and Graphics Dept., Harold R. Walters, and Arthur Singer. Photographs are identified.

123 photonegatives : b&w.123 photoprints : b&w.22 transparencies : col. ; 35 mm.

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Field Museum of Natural History

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American Museum of Natural History

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The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1869 to be of service to the city's public schools, advance scientific research in natural history, and to exhibit natural history objects for casual visitors. From the description of Administrative files, 1869-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155513508 Museum exhibition displayed in the Museum's showcase in 1975. From the description of Cans from pressured city exhibition photographs, 1975. (Unknown). Wor...

Sedacca, Joseph M.

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Perdue, Frank

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Singer, Arthur 1870-1931

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Foundation executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur Singer : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122681120 Arthur Singer was born December 4, 1917, in New York, NY, and died April 8, 1990, in Jericho, NY. He became a wildlife artist, specializing in birds. Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 64. From the description of Arthur Singer Papers 1961. (University of Minnesota, Minnea...

Nicholson, Thomas D.

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Thomas Dominic Nicholson was with the American Museum of Natural History for 35 years, rising from planetarium lecturer, 1952-1953, to museum director, 1969-1989. With a background in the merchant marine and service in World War II, Nicholson earned degrees in astronomy while teaching navigation and astronomy. He became a lecturer at the Hayden Planetarium, was made associate astronomer in 1954, then director. In 1969, Nicholson was appointed director of the AMNH, follow...

Walters, Harold L. (Harold Laurence), 1918-1984

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Rand, Sally, 1904-1979

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Sally Rand was born Helen Harriet Gould Beck. From the description of Sally Rand papers, 1903-1955 (bulk 1936-1955). (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713913687 ...