Preparing a Dinosaur Skeleton for Exhibit

ID: 2005-2541

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1913

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 13

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Summary

Dinosaur skeleton is being prepared for exhibition in the Vertebrate Paleontology Hall, United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History. Wood scaffolding has been erected to hold the bones as they are being assembled.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Vertebrate Fossil Preparation Laboratory
  • Natural History Building
  • Paleontology Laboratory (NMNH)
  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Vertebrate Paleontology Division

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 44A Folder 13

Contact information

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

Date

1913

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Dinosaurs
  • Vertebrates
  • Vertebrate Preparation Laboratory
  • Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Scaffolding
  • Paleontology, Vertebrate
  • Specimens
  • Bones
  • Skeleton
  • Paleontology

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

2005-2541

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8 h; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Photographic print

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