Photographs sent by Alexander Daveron to Landes. The photos are mostly of Daveron and his assistants posing with animals that he killed, which include a jaguar, a maned wolf, a deer, and what look like either peccaries or wild boars. Note by Landes: "photos of Alexander Daveron hunting game for preserves, etc. He says Smithsonian is a customer & Washington Zoological Park." (Digital surrogates: landes-91-4_0655 - 0661)
Collection Restrictions:
The Ruth Landes papers are open for research. The nitrate negatives in this collection have been separated from the collection and stored offsite. Access to nitrate negatives is restricted due to preservation concerns.
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Collection Citation:
Ruth Landes papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
The revision of this finding aid and digitization of portions of the collection were made possible through the financial support of the Ruth Landes Memorial Research Fund.