PERIOD PHOTOGRAPHS
Image Order and Sourcing
Image Order and Sourcing
Curators and archivists with Smithsonian Institution Archives, in Washington, D.C., have provided the images presented here for your information and enjoyment. The author thanks Pamela M. Henson, Director of the Institutional History Division at Smithsonian Archives, and Archivist Heidi Stover, for providing access to these period photos.
Life Group of North American Buffaloes (American Bison Group), U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, c.1887. Smithsonian Institution Archives Image 2002-12153
William Temple Hornaday, Chief Taxidermist of the U.S. National Museum from 1882, Curator of the Department of Living Animals, and first Superintendant of the National Zoological Park.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image MAH-19661
William Temple Hornaday holding leashed bison calf, "Sandy," 1886.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image 2008-6146
Mammal Hall with bison mounted by William Temple Hornaday in 1887 in the foreground of the South Hall of the U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, 1902.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image MNH-16247, RU-95, Box 50, Folder 11
Buffalo group collected on the Hornaday expedition, Montana Territory, 1886. (Specimens shown mounted and placed in a natural setting, prior to museum display.)
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image MNH-5469
U.S. National Museum Mammal Extermination Series at the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and Central States in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1888.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image MNH-4465, RU-95, Box 61, Folder 11A
"The Passing of the Buffalo" excerpt from The Cosmopolitan with handwritten note from William Temple Hornaday ("My Illustrious Successor: I beg you to protect these specimens...").
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image MAH-44711
Bison at the National Zoological Park (head only).
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image MAH-5746, RU-95, Box 46, Folder 13
Bison at the National Zoological Park (from rear).
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image MAH-5747, RU-95, Box 46, Folder 13
Bison calf ('Sandy') in south yard of the U.S. National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, 1886.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Image MAH-3640, RU-95, Box 47, Folder 4