Skeleton of Zeuglodon, an Extinct Whale, A&I Building
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Date: 1896
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 12
In the South East Range of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, is the natural history exhibits, and the skeleton of a Zeuglodon, an extinct whale now known as the basilosaurus, hung from the ceiling. Visitors are seated around a small table in the right foreground.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Published in SI Annual Report for 1896, p. 282.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 12
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1896
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NHB-9469 or 9469
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print