Great Auk Skeleton Mounted for Exhibit

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Object Details

Creator
United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
Subject
Lucas, Frederic A (Frederic Augustus) 1852-1929
United States National Museum
United States National Museum Department of Comparative Anatomy
Summary
Collected by Frederic A. Lucas, osteologist and assistant curator of the Department of Comparative Anatomy at the United States National Museum, at Funk Island, Newfoundland, Canada, while on an expedition with the United States Fish Commission schooner "Grampus."
Cite as
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-007, Box 018, Image No. MNH-4284
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
1888
Local number
SIA Acc. 11-007 [MNH-4284]
Restrictions & Rights
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No Copyright - United States
Type
Glass negatives
Physical description
10 x 8;
Place
Funk Island
Newfoundland
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Topic
Zoological specimens--Collection and preservation
Zoological models
Extinct birds
Record ID
siris_arc_390394
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
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