Taxidermists Mounting Hippopotamus

ID: MAH 11087-A or MAH11087A

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1930s

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9516, Box 1: Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews

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Summary

Taxidermists Julian S. Warmbath, Charles R. Aschemeier, Watson M. Perrygo, and William L. Brown work on mounting a hippopotamus for exhibition in the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History) in the 1930s.

Subject

  • Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984
  • Brown, William L
  • Aschemeier, Charles R
  • Taxidermist (USNM)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

See Neg. # MNH-217 for the Hippopotamus on exhibit. Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, August 8, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9516, Box 1: Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews

Contact information

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

Date

1930s

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Warmbath, Julian S
  • Taxidermy
  • Animals
  • Taxidermists
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Personnel management
  • Specimens
  • Employees
  • Hippopotamus
  • Preparators
  • Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Group, candid

ID Number

MAH 11087-A or MAH11087A

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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