Josef J. Fénykövi Sitting on the Recently Killed Elephant
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Creator: Fénykövi, Josef J
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: November 13, 1955
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 1102, Folder Accession 208986
Josef J. Fénykövi sits atop the male African bush elephant that he donated to the Smithsonian Institution.
Fénykövi, Josef J
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
The elephant was donated to the Smithsonian Institution by Josef J. Fénykövi and placed on display at the National Museum of Natural History in 1959. Fénykövi sent images of the elephant to Dr. Remington Kellogg, Director of the United States National Museum, in 1958 to help the United States National Museum taxidermists to reconstruct the elephant to be prepared for exhibition in the Rotunda of the Natural History Building.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 1102, Folder Accession 208986
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
November 13, 1955
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SIA2010-0184 or Fénykövi Neggative Number 2155/25 or 97-3034
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.0w x 5.0h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print