Bison Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown (Thomas W. Smillie?)
- Subject
- Hornaday, William Temple 1854-1937
- Arts and Industries Building
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- See also Neg. #s 4323 and 4475.
- Summary
- Group of Bison or American Buffaloes, Bison Americanus (Gmelin), collected and mounted by William Temple Hornaday, 1886-87. Exhibit case featured in the Mammal exhibit in the South Hall of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 1
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1887
- Standard number
- 5470 or NHB-5470
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Interiors
- National Collections
- South Hall of the United States National Museum
- Buffalo
- Animals
- Exhibitions
- Taxidermy
- Endangered species
- Mammals
- American bison
- Specimens
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9360
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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