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American Museum of Natural History

 Organization

Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:

Photographic slides of New York City, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 520
Abstract

Three photographs of New York City including George Washington Bridge, ice skating rink in Rockefeller Center, and the Empire State Building. Photographs from Universal.

Dates: undated

Photographic slides of the Herbert Lang collection of African objects, 1997.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 582
Abstract

Studio photographs of African objects from Herbert Lang's collection of African objects in the AMNH Department of Anthropology. Artifacts from the Belgian Congo including ivory objects, figurines, gourds, barkcloths and calabash.

Dates: 1997

Photographic slides of world travel, circa 1940-1953.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 561
Abstract

Travel photographs taken in various locations including Sri Lanka, Brooklyn Pier, Jersey City, Hoboken, New York City, Staten Island, Switzerland, Africa, Syria, South Seas, Rio Grande River, Mexico, Virgin Islands, and Japan, among others. Images of landscapes, piers, seascapes, ancient ruins, modern houses, and daily life.

Dates: circa 1940-1953

Planetary sciences photographic slides, circa 1960-1990s.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 45
Abstract

Slides from old Hayden Planetarium including the Hall of the Sun exhibits, murals, art and Zeiss projector. Images of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, moon rocks and moon surface, sun spots, stars, constellations, eclipse, galaxy, nebulas. Total solar eclipse from February 16, 1980, taken at Voi, Kenya, Africa. Eclipse of the moon dated March 13, 1960. Jay Barbree Space Collection includes astronaut medallions, matches, boxes, patches. Many images of Planetarium sculpture (Michelle Doner).

Dates: circa 1960-1990s

Pow Wow Now exhibition photographic slides, 1996.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 98
Abstract

Views from the temporary exhibition Pow Wow Now, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1996. Includes displays, wall texts and multi-media exhibits.

Dates: 1996

Primates: The Jean Baulu Collection of Antique Prints exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 613A
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition, Primates: The Jean Baulu Collection of Antique Prints, held at the American Museum of Natural History, January-February 1999, Library Gallery.

Dates: 1999

Prothmann photographic slides of African artifacts, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 566
Abstract

Photographs of African artifacts from Belgian Congo and Kasai District. Includes ivory ax, textiles, ivory trumpet, and heddle pulley.

Dates: undated

Pterosaur exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 103D
Scope and Contents

Views of the Pterosaur model, 51 feet wide by 30 feet long, temporarily exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, 1975. Includes a teacher with class viewing the model.

Dates: 1975

Public Health Hall photographic slides, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 72
Abstract

Slides of models and exhibits from the old AMNH Public Health Hall. Model of House Fly and Malarial Mosquito.

Dates: undated

Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration photographic slide collection, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 393
Abstract

Various scenes depicting economic development in Puerto Rico including images of Department of Justice Governor's Palace, San Juan Yacht Club, church, grazing lands, rock mountains, Ciales, factory settings, street scenes, and people.

Dates: undated