Photographs, mounted animal heads, inside the crater of Mount Elgon, about 14,000 feet

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Abstract

This folder consists of 3 black-and-white photographs, possibly by Edmund Heller, undated. Two images depict mounted mammal heads. The third photograph depicts vegetation inside Mt. Elgon crater (Kenya), and is captioned: "on crater of Mr. Elgon about 1400 ft, frost is here every night". The images are undated.

Date Range

1908-1917

Start Date

1908

End Date

1917

Access Information

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Topic

Mammalogy

Place

  • Elgon, Mount
  • Kenya

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes
  • Black-and-white photographs

Accession #

SIA RU007179

Collection name

Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918

Physical Description

3 black-and-white photographs

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 9 Folder 3