Whale-headed Stork
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1955
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 4
Two whale-headed storks, shoe bill balaeniceps rex, from eastern tropical Africa, are displayed in an exhibit case in the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. The birds were collected during the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition (1909-1910.)
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 4
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1955
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MNH-28191
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print