Photographs, 1918-1920.

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Photographs, 1918-1920.

Travel photographs taken by Barnum Brown during his expedition to Cuba, 1918. It investigated fossil localities in Cuba and obtained a large collection of fossil remains, especially of the Megalocnus, the extinct Cuban ground sloth. One of the complete skeletons was displayed in the Hall of the Age of Man. Also, museum studio photographs of fossil shells. Photographs were taken by Julius Kirchner. Photographs are identified.

55 photonegatives : b&w.53 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.

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American Museum of Natural History

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