Field photographs, 1913-1914.

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Field photographs, 1913-1914.

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Photographs documenting the expedition to South America. Roosevelt invited two Museum scientists, Leo E. Miller and George K. Cherrie, to participate in the expedition as researchers and collectors of specimens for the Museum's collections. The countries visited were Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Paraguay, and Venezuela. The photographs show countryside, town and village scenes, birds and mammals, and portraits of expedition members. Photographs were taken by Miller, Cherrie, and Col. Rondon. Copy photographs by Julius Kirchner and Compo Photo. Photographs are identified.

334 photonegatives : b&w nitrate.64 photonegatives : b&w.49 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.175 photoprints : b&w.1 album (301 photoprints) : b&w mounted on file cards.

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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...

Kirchner, Julius

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Compo Photo.

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Miller, Leo Edouard, 1887-

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Roosevelt South American Expedition (1913-1914)

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The expedition was sponsored by Theodore Roosevelt and Colonel Candido Mariano da Silva Rondon. From the description of Field photographs, 1913-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155516370 ...

Cherrie, George K. (George Kruck), 1865-

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George K. Cherrie, field zoologist and curator. Cherrie explored and collected in South and Central America, independently and for institutions, including the American Museum of Natural History, the Field Museum, and the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Cherrie became assistant taxidermist at the U.S. Museum of Natural History in 1888, and began his tropical field work in 1889, spending three years in Costa Rica and becoming curator of birds and mammals. Cherrie ...

Rondon, Cândido Mariano da Silva, 1865-1958

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