Bison Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum

ID: 5470 or NHB-5470

Creator: Unknown (Thomas W. Smillie?)

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1887

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 1

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Summary

Group of Bison or American Buffaloes, Bison Americanus (Gmelin), collected and mounted by William Temple Hornaday, 1886-87. Exhibit case featured in the Mammal exhibit in the South Hall of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building.

Subject

  • Hornaday, William Temple 1854-1937
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Notes

See also Neg. #s 4323 and 4475.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 1

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

1887

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Taxidermy
  • Animals
  • Endangered ecosystems
  • American bison
  • South Hall of the United States National Museum
  • Specimens
  • Exhibitions
  • Interiors
  • Mammals
  • National Collections
  • Buffaloes
  • Buffalo
  • Endangered species

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

5470 or NHB-5470

Physical description

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

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