Mammalogical museum studio photographs, 1914.

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Mammalogical museum studio photographs, 1914.

Photographs showing seven rodent specimens and three bat specimens from Panama. Photographs were taken by George Shiras. Copy photographs were taken by Julius Kirchner. Photographs are identified.

2 photonegatives : b&w.1 photoprint : b&w mounted on file card.2 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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Anthony, H. E. (Harold Elmer), 1890-1970

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Harold Elmer Anthony (1890-1970) conducted fieldwork and wrote in the field of mammalogy about Puerto Rico and the Americas. His field work for the United States Department of Agriculture in Montana and the northwestern United States, 1909-1911, is documented in the Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution Archives Field Book Project: Person : Description : rid_522_pid_EACP519 ...

Shiras Expedition to Panama (1914)

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Harold Elmer Anthony and George Shiras were the scientists on the expedition. From the description of Mammalogical museum studio photographs, 1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155516500 ...

Shiras, George, 1859-1942

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Born in Allegheny, Pa., George Shiras III attended Cornell University and received his law degree from Yale in 1883. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for the Pittsburgh area from 1903 to 1905. While a representative Shiras advocated for unified federal supervision of health matters. He worked closely with the Committee of One Hundred, a select group which was part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and formed primarily to lobby for a national department of h...