Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919  Search this

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

United States National Museum  Search this

Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910)  Search this

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Exhibit

Place:

Africa

Date:

c. 1920

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

For a later diorama of the rhinoceroses, see Neg. #SIA2010-0484.

Summary:

The Hall of Mammals in the United States National Museum (USNM), now the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), sometime after 1913 and prior to its renovation in the late 1950s. The exhibit case displays three square-lipped or white rhinoceroses collected by the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition of 1909-1910.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 1

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Exhibitions  Search this

Animals  Search this

Rhinoceroses  Search this

Natural history  Search this

Hall of Mammals  Search this

Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation  Search this

Taxidermy  Search this

Dioramas  Search this

Standard number:

28234 or NHB-28234

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_9891