Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Perrygo, Watson M. 1906-1984  Search this

Brown, William L  Search this

Aschemeier, Charles R  Search this

Taxidermist (USNM)  Search this

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Group, candid

Date:

1930s

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

See Neg. # MNH-217 for the Hippopotamus on exhibit. Photograph included in the transcript of the Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews by Pamela M. Henson, August 8, 1978, in Smithsonian Institution Archives.

Summary:

Taxidermists Julian S. Warmbath, Charles R. Aschemeier, Watson M. Perrygo, and William L. Brown work on mounting a hippopotamus for exhibition in the United States National Museum (now the National Museum of Natural History) in the 1930s.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9516, Box 1: Watson M. Perrygo Oral History Interviews

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Warmbath, Julian S  Search this

Hippopotamus  Search this

Taxidermists  Search this

Taxidermy  Search this

Specimens  Search this

Animals  Search this

Preparators  Search this

Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this

Standard number:

MAH 11087-A or MAH11087A

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_10679