Zoological photographs, 1903-[ca. 1926].

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Zoological photographs, 1903-[ca. 1926].

Photographs recording amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals from around the world and in zoos. Some were collected by the New York Zoological Society. Photographs were taken by Rollo H. Beck, G.M. Vevers, A. Radclyffe Dugmore, Harry Payne Whitney, Herbert Lang, H.S. Drucker, Ewing Galloway, Elwin R. Sanborn, Robert T. Natt, George M. Nelson, Vernon Howe Bailey, O.J. Murie, William L. Underwood, Rowland Ward, Hilda Hempl Heller, A.L. Brickett, and H.H. Pittman. Photographs are identified.

1 photonegative : b&w glass.1 photonegative : b&w.2 albums (311 photoprints) : b&w.137 photoprints : b&w.12 photoprints : b&w.

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Ward, Rowland, 1848?-1912

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Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930

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Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950

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Heller, Hilda Hempl.

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Nelson, George Michael

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Murie, Olaus Johan, 1889-1963

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Pittman, H. H.

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Brickett, A. L.

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Natt, Robert T.

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Galloway, Ewing

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Underwood, Wm. Lyman, -1929

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