Hornaday Bison Display at the Arts and Industries Building

Bison Exhibit in the U.S. National Museum

AUTHOR:
Unknown (Thomas W. Smillie?)
SUBJECT:
Hornaday, William Temple 1854-1937
Arts and Industries Building
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
TYPE:
Photographic print
Exhibit
DATE:
1887
CATEGORY:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
NOTES:
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
TOPIC:
Interiors
National Collections
South Hall of the United States National Museum
Buffalo
Animals
Exhibitions
Taxidermy
Endangered species
Mammals
American bison
Specimens
STANDARD NUMBER:
5470 or NHB-5470
RESTRICTIONS:
No restrictions
DATA SOURCE:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div