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Dignitaries and invited guests gather in the Rotunda of the United States National Museum's Natural History Building, now the National Museum of Natural History, to view the unveiling of the Fénykövi elephant. Donated by José Fénykövi, the elephant is the largest land mammal in the world on display at the time of its unveiling. More - https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_12311.
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Friday, March 6, 1959
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View of the Fénykövi elephant from the balcony of the United States National Museum's Natural History Building. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 00-082, Box 1, Folder 2.