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Lantern Slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition

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Object Details

Creator:
Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910)
Place
Africa
Topic
Scientific expeditions
Safaris
Naturalists
Taxidermists
Creator:
Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910)
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Lantern Slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition
Historical Note
On June 20, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution concerning Roosevelt's proposed trip to Africa. Roosevelt offered to take two naturalist-taxidermists selected by the United States National Museum for the purpose of caring for specimens that might be acquired. The offer was accepted and eventually three naturalists were chosen to accompany the expedition. Edgar Alexander Mearns was selected as head naturalist and bird-collector, Edmund Heller was to care for the large mammals and John Alden Loring was to have charge of the small mammal collecting. The party left New York on March 23, 1909 and sailed for British East Africa, arriving on April 21. From there, the expedition traveled by the Uganda Railway to Kapiti Plains where their safari awaited them. The party followed a route that took them to Nairobi, the vicinity of Mt. Kenja, the Loita Plains, Lake Victoria, Lake Albert and up the Nile to Khartoum. The expedition broke up there on March 14, 1910. The official photographer for the expedition was Roosevelt's son Kermit Roosevelt, although other members of the party also took a number of photographs, especially Edmund Heller.
Extent
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Date
circa 1909-1910, 1989
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Accession 06-093
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Lantern slides
Black-and-white photographs
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-093, Smithsonian African Expedition (1909-1910), Lantern Slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition
Genre/Form
Lantern slides
Black-and-white photographs
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of eight hand-colored glass lantern slides from the Smithsonian-Roosevelt African Expedition. It is unclear as to who the photographer was. Also included are black-and-white prints made of the lantern slides by Smithsonian Photographic Services (SPS) in 1989.
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Record ID
ebl-1503513095670-1503513095672-0
Metadata Usage
CC0

In the Collection

  • Electronic resourceHand-colored Glass Lantern Slides #89-8583 and #89-8584

  • Electronic resourceHand-colored Glass Lantern Slides #89-8581 and #89-8582

  • Electronic resourceHand-colored Glass Lantern Slides #89-8585 and #89-8586

  • Box 1

  • Electronic resourceHand-colored Glass Lantern Slides #89-8587 and #89-8588

  • Prints

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