Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939. Black and white photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, with the bull elephant he had just killed
Object Details
- General note
- M070c is accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Black-and-white photographs, 10.5 x 6.5 in.)
- Date
- 1909 or 1910
- Container
- Item M070c
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email [email protected] for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- In this photograph, Roosevelt is standing close to the elephant. A very similar picture, in which he is leaning against the elephant, appears in African game trails, facing page 256. The published photo is captioned "The first bull elephant" and is credited to R.J. Cuninghame, Roosevelt's professional hunter.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890697-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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