[Photographs of the Vernay-Faunthorpe Hall of South Asiatic Mammals], 1908-1971.

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[Photographs of the Vernay-Faunthorpe Hall of South Asiatic Mammals], 1908-1971.

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Photographs showing dioramas under construction and as finished exhibits in the Vernay-Faunthorpe Hall of South Asiatic Mammals. Also shows George Peterson repairing the damaged Asian elephant exhibit in October 1971. Photographs were taken by Dwight Bentel, Carl Akeley, Cunningham and O'Brien, Philip Sternberg, and Frank Puza. Photographs are identified.

21 photonegatives : b&w nitrate.1 photonegative : b&w glass.109 photonegatives : b&w.138 photoprints : b&w mounted on file cards.34 photoprints : b&w.11 transparencies : col. ; 35 mm.

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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...

Cunningham and O'Brien (Photographers)

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Peterson, George D., 1919-1989

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Akeley, Carl Ethan, 1864-1926

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Sternberg, Philip.

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Puza, Frank.

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Vernay, Arthur Stannard, d. 1960

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This trip was undertaken by Arthur S. Stannard and Col. J.B. Dodge in Jan.-Feb. 1921, and was thought to be the first time that it had been done in its entirety. Vernay and Dodge were looking for samburs (large Asiatic deer), but did not find any. From the description of Asian travel photograph, 1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155518076 On his way back from the Faunthorpe-Vernay Indian Expedition of 1923 and from field work in Burma, Vernay stopped for a few months duri...

Bentel, Dwight.

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Clark, James L. (James Lippitt), 1883-1969

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James L. Clark's field trip to the Cassiar District of British Columbia to collect a group of Osborn caribous for the Hall of North American Mammals. From the description of British Columbia field photographs, 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155517529 Naturalist, taxidermist, and explorer at the American Museum of Natural History. From the description of Report of the Central African Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1947-1948 [...

Faunthorpe, John Champion.

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