Folsom Hunting Camp in Northern Colorado, North American Archeology Exhibit, National Museum of Natural History

ID: MNH-1020 or MNH1020

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1962

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 10

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Summary

An exhibit case of the "Folsom Hunting Camp in Northern Colorado" contains tools and bones left by men who hunted and butchered bison of a now-extinct species, American camels and other animals. The exhibit is on display in the National Museum of Natural History's North American Archeology Exhibit which opened in November 1962.

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 10

Contact information

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

Date

1962

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Archaeology
  • Folsom Hunting Camp
  • Hall of North American Archeology (Exhibition)
  • Historians
  • Tools
  • Exhibitions
  • Bones
  • Indians of North America

Place

Colorado

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-1020 or MNH1020

Physical description

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

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