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Society Girl Leads Abyssinia Nyala Expedition
New York society girl Miss Gertrude Sanford heads a collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History to secure nyala antelope in Abyssinia. Her team includes the Legendre brothers and T. D. Carter, with specimens destined for African Hall in memory of Carl Akeley. The story notes Abyssinia’s formidable modern army and the perilous frontier regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Sanford
New York
New York Society
American Museum of Natural History
Ropeans
Dows
Abyssinia
Free Africa
Miss Sanford
Tanganyika
Africa
Icott
Morrigs
Sidney Legendre
T. D. Carter
Carl I. Akeley
Adis Ababa