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Daily News Abyssinian Expedition

Daily News Abyssinian Expedition members, left to right, C. Suydam Cutting, Jack Baum, unidentified, Louis A. Fuertes, Alfred Bailey.

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© 1927 The Field Museum
ID# CSZ56318
Photographer: Alfred M. Bailey

Zebra diorama detail.

Zebra diorama detail.

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© The Field Museum
ID# GN86225c
Photographer: John Weinstein

Scarab beetles

Scarab beetles, Dymusia ratidula, showing diversity of species.

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© The Field Museum
ID# WB11c
Photographer: William Burlingham

Bahama Islands diorama

Bahama Islands reef fishes diorama group including tiger shark and sucking fish.

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© The Field Museum
ID# Z15T
Photographer unknown

Rocky Mountain mule deer diorama.

Rocky Mountain mule deer diorama.

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© The Field Museum
ID# Z32T
Photographer: Clarence Mitchell

Flounder coloration exhibit

Flounder coloration changes with checkerboard; different backgrounds.

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© The Field Museum
ID# Z82860

Tokay Gecko, left hind foot

Tokay Gecko, left hind foot, Gekkonidae family.

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© The Field Museum
ID# Z92688
Photographer: Dwight Davis

Asian Leopard Diorama

Asian Leopard Group Diorama, Central India.

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© The Field Museum
ID# Z93621c
Photographer: Ron Testa

Rocky Mountain Goat diorama

Rocky Mountain Goat diorama, Oreamnos americana.

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© The Field Museum
ID# Z93627c
Photographers: Ron Testa and Sonia Fonseca

Colonel Patterson and Tsavo lion

Colonel J.H. Patterson and dead lion propped up by sticks.

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© The Field Museum
ID# Z93658
Photographer unknown

Wandering Spider

Wandering Spider. Harris Loan Center case.

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© 1996 The Field Museum
ID# Z94104c
Photographer: John Weinstein

Squirrels

Squirrels. Harris Loan Center case.

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© 1996 The Field Museum
ID# Z94110c
Photographer: John Weinstein

Fish specimens

Fish specimens in alcohol jars.

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© 1997 The Field Museum
ID# Z94165_3c
Photographer: John Weinstein

Drawer of butterfly specimens

Drawer of butterfly specimens from Insect Collections.

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© 1998 The Field Museum
ID# Z94226_5c
Photographer: John Weinstein

Earwig in Underground Adventure exhibit

Earwig. Robotic insect inhabiting the Underground Adventure exhibit.

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© 1999 The Field Museum
ID# Z94274c
Photographer: John Weinstein

Bird collections drawers

Several drawers in the collections area containing tanagers, birds of North and South America.

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© 1999 The Field Museum
ID# Z94281_8c
Photographer: John Weinstein

17-year cicada

17-year cicada with open wings.

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© 2001 The Field Museum
ID# Z94347c
Photographer: Mark Widhalm

Oyster shell specimens

Cabinet, shell specimens. Top Drawer: dry collection of Wing Oyster. Pteria species. Bottom Drawer: dry collection of Pacific Pearl Oyster, Pinctada margaritifera.

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© 2002 The Field Museum
ID# Z94358_05d
Photographer: Mark Widhalm

Mollusk shell specimen

Mollusk. Shell collected circa 1762-1763. T. insulaechorab.

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© 2003 The Field Museum
ID# Z94370_01d
Photographer: John Weinstein

Leopard frog specimen

Leopard frog. First specimen collected by first curator in Amphibians and Reptiles. Zoology Department specimen.

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© 2003 The Field Museum
ID# Z94371_01d
Photographer: John Weinstein

Bird eggs

Various Bird eggs. Grouping of 30 different species.

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© 2004 The Field Museum
ID# Z94395_01d
Photographer: John Weinstein

Giant Panda diorama.

Giant Panda diorama.

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© 2007 The Field Museum
ID# Z94466_13d
Photographer: John Weinstein

Carl Akeley

Carl Akeley with bandaged arm and dead leopard that he killed with his bare hands. 1896.

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© The Field Museum
ID# CSZ5974
Photographer Carl Akeley

Lt. Col. John H. Patterson

Lt. Col. John H. Patterson in military uniform. He shot and captured the two Man Eaters of Tsavo in 1898.

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© The Field Museum
ID# CSZ49222
Photographer unknown

Bushman the Gorilla.

Hawk moth

Hawk moth.

Man and alligator gar fish

Staff preparator with specimen of alligator gar fish, Lepisoteus tristoechus, LEPISOSTEIDAE family. Field Columbian Museum

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© The Field Museum
ID# CSZ17041
Photographer: Charles Carpenter