Giraffe Mannequin Being Assembled
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1911
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7074, Box 35, Folder 06
A giraffe mannequin, before the skin was put on, is being assembled in the taxidermy shop of the new United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. The animal was one of the many specimens collected on the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition (1909-1910)
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7074, Box 35, Folder 06
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1911
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SIA2010-0607 and 24893
Number of Images: 1; Color: Cyanotype; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print