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Image from page 65 of “General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History” (1911)

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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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octopuses. One glidesdown from a ledge above the cave, anotherlurks in a shadows crevice, while a thirdsw ims out through an arched tunnel, trail-ing its tentacular arms behind. The panel on the left side of the groupdepicts the clifTlike coral wall of the gorge,on which is grouped a colony of man-trapclams, Tridacna. The sinuous apertures ofthe shells are partially opened, revealing thegaily-colored mantle edges. The group serves to emphasize the beautyof the delicate fronds and finelv dividedclusters of coral found in the Pacific reefs,as contrasted with the wierd branchingspecies of the Atlantic coral faunas depictedin the adjacent Bahaman Coral Reef Group. In cases near by are shown undersea paint-ings which were used in the creation of thisrealistic exhibit and other related ones. Directly above the Pearl Diver Group isa mural by F. L. Jaques depicting the nativedivers in their outrigger canoes. The corresponding position at the left ofthe (.oral Reef Group is occupied by a mural

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THE PEARLY OR CHAMBERED NAUTILUS (Sectioned shell with animal in place). This re-markable creature belongs to a bygone age. It isthe only surviving species of a long line of fossilforms reaching back 500,000,000 years or more THE GLORY OF THE SEA (Corms gloria-marts). This is the rarest and most romantic ofshells. Onlv a dozen specimens are known, andnone have been collected for more than a century.The Museum possesses two specimens

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Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich / Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich, Warszawa

Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland

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History of Medicine a014808

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Title: [Nurse weighing a baby]
Subject (Keyword): Nursing
Subject (Keyword): Children care & hygiene
Appears In: Archives, 1894-1952, box 1.
Copyright Statement: Literary rights to the unpublished material have been dedicated to the public.
Order No.: A014808
Physical Description: 1 photoprint.
Image Description: A nurse weighs an infant using a small type of hanging scale. The infant’s mother watches.
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