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Finnin, Denis

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Photographer in the American Museum of Natural History, Photo Studio.

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

African artifacts photographic slides, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 26
Abstract

Slides of African artifacts from Kenya, Nigeria, Ivory & Gold Coast, Belgian Congo, Liberia, Zaire, Kenya,Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / African artifacts photographic slides, undated.

Amazon Portrait: Indios e Caboclos exhibition photographic slides

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 157B
Scope and Contents

Views of the temporary exhibition Amazon Portrait: Indios e Caboclos, held at the American Museum of Natural History. The exhibition displayed 50 photographs capturing the centuries-old lifestyle of the Amazon's Tapirapé Indians, highlighting the work of Charles Wagley.

Dates: 1993 April 29
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Amazon Portrait: Indios e Caboclos exhibition photographic slides

Amber: Window to the Past photographic slides of exhibition

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 50-51
Scope and Contents

Slides of the temporary exhibit Amber: Window to the Past, held at the American Museum of Natural History, 1996-1997. The exhibit displayed a re-creation of a 23 to 30 million-year-old Dominican amber forest. Gallery 3. PSC 50 contains images of the exhibit being constructed and installed. PSC 51 contains images from the finished exhibition.

Dates: 1996-1997
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Amber: Window to the Past photographic slides of exhibition

American Museum of Natural History 50th Anniversary of the Whitney building photographic slides, 1986.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 85D
Abstract

Views of the temporary exhibition held for the American Museum of Natural History's 50th anniversary of the Whitney Building. Includes displays with wall texts and exhibit preparation.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History 50th Anniversary of the Whitney building photographic slides, 1986.

American Museum of Natural History Fossil Halls construction photographic slides, circa 1990-1992.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 29
Abstract

Slides from the AMNH Hall of Extinct Mammals and other exhibits in the dinosaur halls under construction.

Dates: circa 1990-1992
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History Fossil Halls construction photographic slides, circa 1990-1992.

American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of Codices

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 15
Scope and Contents

Lienzo of Coixtlahuaca, 36 slides, copy of curator's report enclosed, titled "Report on the 1899 Copy of the Lienzo of Coixtlahuaca II Curated at the American Museum of Natural History" by Arthur A. Joyce, April 1993. Chavero Codex, August 1994, 20 slides.

Dates: circa 1993-1994
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of Codices

American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of electric catfish, undated.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 526D
Abstract

Studio photographs of electric catfish of African variety.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of electric catfish, undated.

American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of Fine Art collection

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 46
Scope and Contents Slides of fine art sculptures and paintings held in the American Museum of Natural History. Artwork includes Andy Warhol "Endangered Species" (1983) silkscreens, De Lazslo portrait (1908) of Theodore Roosevelt, Roy Chapman Andrews portrait by Charles Arthur Rose (1937), Williams C. Whitney bust"Moquin Prayer for Rain" sculpture by H. A. MacNeill"Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider" by Frederick MacMonnies, portraits of Childs Frick, Morris K. Jesup and others. Three watercolors by Louis...
Dates: circa 1980s-1990s
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of Fine Art collection

American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of gem and mineral specimens

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 627C
Scope and Contents

Studio photographs of gem and mineral specimens.

Dates: 1996
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of gem and mineral specimens

American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of the Barosaurus model

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 317
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Barosaurus mount in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda. Includes images under construction and after construction.

Dates: circa 1990s
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / American Museum of Natural History photographic slides of the Barosaurus model
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