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Edgar A. Mearns

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Creator:
Unknown
Title:
Edgar A. Mearns
Date:
1909-1910
Notes:
See also Neg. #SIA2009-1360 and 21449 for slightly different pose
Summary:
Edgar A. Mearns, an ornithologist, research associate, and honorary associate in zoology, with the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, was one of three naturalists from the National Museum chosen go on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition with Theodore Roosevelt to Africa in 1909. In this pose Mearns is facing towards the left
Restrictions:
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Topics:
Scientific expeditions, Ornithologists, Expeditions, Naturalists, Portraits
Subjects:
Mearns, Edgar Alexander 1856-1916, Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition, Research Associate, United States National Museum
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Form/Genre:
Photographic print, Portraits
Local Number:
21452 or NHB-21452
Physical Description:
Color: Cyano type; Size: 3w x 5h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print
Full Record:
http://siris-sihistory.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sichronology&uri=full=3100001~!9571~!0#focus
Edgar A. Mearns, by Unknown, 1909-1910, Smithsonian Archives - History Div, 21452 or NHB-21452.

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