American Mastodon, Paleontology Hall
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1917
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 13
The skeleton of an American Mastodon with long tusks stands in the Paleontology Hall of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, c. 1917. The American Mastodons occupied woodland areas of North American from coast to coast and from Alaska to central Mexico, but are now extinct. At the time of this picture the exhibit was called the "Hall of Extinct Monsters."
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
See Neg. #229471 for similar view with a Museum employee.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 13
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1917
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29475 or NHB-29475
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print