Aerial View of Elephant in NMNH Rotunda, 1981
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: July 31, 1981
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, Folder September 1981
Aerial image of the National Museum of Natural History's Rotunda shows the 10-ton Fénykövi Elephant in the center while visitors stroll around the museum floor. Engineer Peter C. Metzelar of the Office of Plant Services took the photograph at the very top of the museum with his Canon 50 mm lens on July 31, 1981. A few weeks of refurbishing the elephant's skin had just been completed. The photo won an award.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
This image appeared in the September 1981 issue of the Smithsonian Torch
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 3, Folder September 1981
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
July 31, 1981
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SIA2009-3234 and 357-1954
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic Print