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Famous race horse in early 20th century, owned by H. Huntington, who donated Nimr's skeleton to A.M.N.H. Inscription: On base "Arabian Stallion 'Nimr' from skeleton 1/4 scale".

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Famous race horse in early 20th century, owned by the Diclarmans, who donated his skeleton to A.M.N.H. Trotting horse. Inscription: On base "Lee Axworthy" 1-58" 4 made from skeleton, made for American Museum of Natural History/ New York/ Scale 1/4.

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Three-toed horse from South Dakota. Inscription: On base "Upper Miocene * South Dakota */ Armory C. Simons New York * 1924/ Three-toed Horse Neohipparion * 1/4 scale * AM MU NAT HIS.".

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Inscription: On base "8 Upper miocene & South Dakota &/ Armory C. Simons & New York & 1924 &/ three toed horse - Neohipparion & from & skeleton & 1/4 scale & AM MU Nat. His.".

Scope and Contents This collection comprises 13 scale miniature model dogs of various breeds and types made of plaster and hand-painted. They depict the six-fold classification of dogs: sporting, toy, hounds, non-sporting, terrier, and work dogs. Created by Amory Coffin Simons during World War II, from 1938 to 1947, these 13 model dogs are a representative sample of an extensive collection of 88 figures, out of which more than 65 were presented by the American Museum of Natural History in an "Exhibit of...