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Finnin, Denis

 Person

Biography

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

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

Amber: Window to the Past photographic slides of exhibition, 1996-1997.

 Collection
Identifier: PSC 50-51
Abstract

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

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

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

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

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

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