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Museum Menagerie: Historical Photos of the Construction of Early Wildlife Exhibits [Slide Show]
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ELEPHANT BEGINNINGS: Armature for elephant, date unknown. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
DINO LEG: Setting up leg bones of Haplocanthosaurus, date unknown. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
EAGLE: Taxidermist mounting eagle for bird group display, North American Bird Hall, November 1961. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
JAWS: A museum staff member sits inside the jaws of a restored Carcharodon megalodon, January 1927. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
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WHALE: Museum staff hanging sperm whale skeleton, Hall of Ocean Life, March 1933. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
KUDU SKELETON: Armature for young male greater kudu, mounted for kudu group, February 1931. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
SHARK!: Museum staff making plaster cast of basking shark, June 1930. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
THE COMPLETE TIMBER WOLF: Mounted timber wolf completed and ready for installation in North American Mammal Hall, December 1947. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
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BUILDING A TIMBER WOLF: Roughed-out skeleton of timber wolf is arranged in desired position on support, October 1947. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
PARADISE: Raymond B. Potter mounting bird of paradise, February 1945. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
LION: Dr. James L. Clark and an unknown fitting animal skin on clay model of Indian lion, 1930. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
DUCK-BILLED DINO: Museum staff mounting Trachodon duck-billed dinosaurs, 1916. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History
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