American Mastodon, Paleontology Hall

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

United States National Museum

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Natural History Building

Notes

See Neg. #229471 for similar view with a Museum employee.

Summary

The skeleton of an American Mastodon with long tusks stands in the Paleontology Hall of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, c. 1917. The American Mastodons occupied woodland areas of North American from coast to coast and from Alaska to central Mexico, but are now extinct. At the time of this picture the exhibit was called the "Hall of Extinct Monsters."

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 13

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1917

Standard number

29475 or NHB-29475

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Paleontology

Skeleton

Bones

Mammals

Mammals, Fossils

Mastodon

American Mastodon

Exhibitions

Hall of Extinct Monsters

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10581