The 1976 recreation of the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia included a section on the mammals of North America. The 1876 United States National Museum exhibit in Philadelphia and its 1976 successor in Washington included a spectacular polar bear, grizzly, foxes, big cats, mountain sheep, deer, and marine mammals. It was designed to showcase the wildlife of North America to an audience that had never set foot in the Arctic, desert or mountains. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Neg. Number 77-3197	Mammal Exhibit in the 1876 Centennial Exhibit
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