Object Details
Author
Unknown
Subject
Hornaday, William Temple 1854-1937
National Zoological Park (U.S.)
United States National Museum Dept. of Living Animals
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
79-13252 size is 10h x 8 w and is a reverse image
Summary
William Temple Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist of the United States National Museum from 1882, Curator of the Department of Living Animals, and the first Superintendent of the National Zoological Park, with a baby bison known as Sandy, probably on the grounds adjoining the Smithsonian Castle. This is probably the bison calf that Hornaday brought back from his 1886 summer field trip to Montana. The calf lived only a short time.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 13, Folder: 39
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1886
Standard number
74-12338 or 79-13252 or SA-815
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Photographic print
Person, candid
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Animals
Buffalo
Zoos
Zoos--Employees
Museum curators
Taxidermists
American bison
Record ID
siris_sic_9151