Whitney Memorial Hall of Oceanic Birds ornithological museum photographs, 1930-1981.

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Whitney Memorial Hall of Oceanic Birds ornithological museum photographs, 1930-1981.

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Photographs showing bird habitats from Hawaiian, Fiji, Galapagos, Philippines, Laysan, Snares, Solomon, Marquesas, Diomede, and Tuamotu Islands, Bering Strait, Barrier Reef, Moa, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Peru, and Samoa regions. Also includes the floor displays of Birds of Paradise and South Pacific Lories, and the flying bird dome. Scientists and workers include Raymond de Lucia, Raymond Potter, Fred Scherer, Charles Tornell, George Adams, and Joseph Nocera. Many backgrounds were painted by Francis Jaques. Photographs are identified.

173 photonegatives : b&w.71 negatives : col. ; 35 mm.2 photoprints : b&w.171 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.5 transparencies : col.46 transparencies : col. ; 35 mm.

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Whitney, C. V. (Cornelius Vanderbilt), 1899-1992

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Nocera, Joseph A.

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Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt.

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Scherer, Fred Frank.

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Jaques, Francis Lee, 1887-1969

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