Process of Building a Taxidermy Frame for a Tiger, Image 8 of 10

ID: SIA2012-7942

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: early 1900s

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7181, Box 1, Folder: Exhibits central file 1893, 1896-97, 1900-1901, 1903-1904

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Summary

Photograph documenting the process of building a taxidermy frame for a tiger. The frame is standing in the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building, or "Castle." Image 8 of 10 shows the complete form ready for the skin to be added.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • South Yard

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Other images in that show the process of building a taxidermy frame for a tiger are SIA2012-7935, SIA2012-7936, SIA2012-7937, SIA2012-7938, SIA2012-7939, SIA2012-7940, SIA2012-7941, SIA2012-7943, SIA2012-7944. One of the sheds in the South Yard contained the Taxidermy Studio.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7181, Box 1, Folder: Exhibits central file 1893, 1896-97, 1900-1901, 1903-1904

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

early 1900s

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Taxidermy
  • Specimens
  • Exhibitions
  • Tigers

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Object

ID Number

SIA2012-7942

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 4 1/8w x 3 1/4h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print

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