William and Lucy Mann in Liberia
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ID: SIA2011-1031
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1940
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 98-015, Box 2, Folder: October 1989
Dr. William M. Mann (third from right), director of the National Zoo from 1925 to 1956, and his wife, Lucy (standing), are in a canoe with native people as they cross St. Paul's River near Dobli's Island, Liberia, in 1940. This collection expedition, funded by the tire manufacturer, Harvey Firestone, Jr., was the Zoo's last major expedition. Dr. Mann returned from this trip with several hundred animals including pygmy hippopotamuses, monkeys, duiker antelope, rare birds and reptiles (one of which, a Nile soft-shelled turtle came to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., and lived in the Reptile House until it died in 1993).
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Feature in the "Torch," October 1989. At the time the article was written the turtle was the Zoo's oldest resident.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 98-015, Box 2, Folder: October 1989
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1940
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SIA2011-1031
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print