This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Roosevelt trophies arrive at Smithsonian Museum
The Smithsonian receives a large shipment of animal skins and skeletons from East Africa including dikdik hartebeeste stélbuck mpalla wildebeeste eland gnu with birds rats rabbits and small mammals in crates marked TR. If the next batch is as big, mounting will take over two years and fill space in the new National Museum nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
East Africa
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Dikdik
Hartebeeste
Stélbuck
Mpalla
Wildebeeste
Eland
Gnu
National
Cleveland
Amithaonian