Pteranodon on Exhibit

ID: 28138 or MNH-28138

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1930s?

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 13 and Accession 11-007

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Summary

Skeleton of the flying reptile Pteranodon on exhibit as part of the Paleontology Exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History, pre-1963.

Subject

  • United States National Museum
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Natural History Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

There are two versions of this image. The original image is a glass plate negative located in Accession 11-007. There is also a cropped print located in Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 13.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 13 and Accession 11-007

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1930s?

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Reptiles
  • Dinosaurs
  • Animals
  • Dinosaur Hall (Exhibition)
  • Flying reptile
  • Pteranodon
  • Specimens
  • Bones
  • Exhibitions
  • Skeleton
  • Paleontology
  • Paleontology Exhibit

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit
  • Glass plate negative

ID Number

28138 or MNH-28138

Physical description

  • Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Glass Plate Negative
  • Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Ehxhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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