Topiary Dinosaur on National Museum of Natural History Grounds
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Creator: Penland, Dane A
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1990
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder August 1990
Topiary dinosaur built out of steel rods and angle iron wrapped with chicken wire, the frame was filed with sphagnum moss containing soil in which to plant the leafy dino's coat. Admiring their handiwork are, from left, Gardener Robert Burgess; Gardener/Leader Walter Howell, who designed and built the critter; Gardeners Antonie Myles (Top), Thomas Brown and Kurt Donaldson; and Modelmaker Reed Martin, who helped build the topiary.
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in Torch, August 1990
Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder August 1990
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1990
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90-7429-13
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print