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Item Information     Who else has...     Unknown     Deaton, Norman     Fénykövi, Josef J.     Brown, William L.     National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)     Animals     Elephants     Fénykövi Elephant     National Collections     Specimens     Museum visitors     Exhibitions     Rotundas     Taxidermy     Smithsonian Institution -- Employees     Hunters     Photographic print     Exhibit

Fénykövi Elephant, NHB Rotunda   Catalog:  Historic Images of the Smithsonian Title:  Fénykövi Elephant, NHB Rotunda Date:  1978 Author/Creator:  Unknown Contained In:  Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 29 Summary:  J. J. Fénykövi, a European big-game hunter, donated a 2-ton elephant hide to the National Museum of Natural History in 1958. William Brown, Smithsonian, chief taxidermist, and Norman Deaton mounted the exhibit after a tanner scraped and soaked the hide to make it thin and pliable. Brown observed the habits of elephants to create a scientifically accurate model of an elephant moving at a fast walk, trunk lifted and ears fanned out. The elephant was unveiled in the rotunda of Natural History in March 1959. View shows visitors on balcony of rotunda looking down on the elephant. Usage:  Restrictions: No restrictions Physical_Description:  Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print Negative Number:  78-18434-6A or SIA78-18434-06A Ordering Information:  For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu. Digital Reference:  Digital Copies:  SIA78-18434-06A.tif, 72 dpi, Subject:  Deaton, Norman Fénykövi, Josef J. Brown, William L. National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Animals Elephants Fénykövi Elephant National Collections Specimens Museum visitors Exhibitions Rotundas Taxidermy Smithsonian Institution -- Employees Hunters Form/Genre:  Photographic print Exhibit Contact Information:  Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu Copy/Holding information Catalog   Historic Images of the Smithsonian Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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