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Author:
Fénykövi, Josef J  Search this
Subject:
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.0w x 5.0h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Animal, candid
Place:
Africa
Angola
Date:
February 1958
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
A full side view of a recently captured young bull elephant. Josef J. Fénykövi sent a series of images in February 1958 of a young (15-18 years old) bull elephant, captured in Angola a few days before the photographs were taken, to Dr. Remington Kellogg, director of the United States National Museum (USNM), to help the USNM taxidermists in their preparation of a model, on which to mount the skin of a bull elephant donated by Fénykövi to the Smithsonian Institution, for display in the Rotunda of the Natural History Building.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 305, Box 1102, Folder: Accession 208986
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Taxidermy  Search this
Fénykövi Elephant  Search this
Animals  Search this
Taxidermists  Search this
Models and modelmaking  Search this
Elephants  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2010-0170 and Fénykövi Neg. # 2055-BN/5
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12292