Creators and Advisors of Fiberglass Jaws

Summary

A fiberglass reconstruction of the jaws of an extinct 40-foot long shark, bearing one row of real fossil teeth in the front and several rows of plastic replica teeth behind, for National Museum of Natural History exhibit "Fossils: The History of Life." Pictured (in front) is Walter Houck, Exhibits Central Graphics Production Lab; (left to right) Clayton Ray, MNH paleontologist; Walter Sorrell and Mike Freillo, GPL, Ian MacIntyre, Deb Bennet and Robert Purdy, MNH paleontolgists.

Subject

• Springer, Victor Gruschka 1928-
• Ray, Clayton Edward
• Purdy, Robert W
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, October 1985

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371, Box 4, Folder: October 1985

Contact information

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

Date

1985

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Macintyre, Ian
• Jaws
• Sharks, Fossil
• Models (representations)
• Houck, Walter
• Fossil Vertebrates
• Exhibitions
• National Museum of Natural History. (U.S.)
• Office of Exhibits Central
• Paleontology
• Bennett, Deb
• Emery, Robert
• Models and modelmaking

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Group, candid

ID Number

97-9597

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print

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