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George L. Harrison, Jr., Photographs from Hunting Expeditions, 1903-1914
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ANSP-2012-049
Scope and Contents
This collection contains approximately 1300 glass and nitrate film negatives taken by and of George L. Harrison, Jr., and his wife Mary Ingalls Harrison, on their expeditions and travels in the early 20th Century. Importantly, a number of Academy specimens (mammals and birds, at least) were collected by Harrison et al. and remain in the Academy collections today.Further, the collection includes an external hard-drive with a set of digital images of the negatives, professionally...
Dates:
1903-1914
E.R. Fenimore Johnson photographs
Collection
Identifier: ANSP-Coll-0995
Overview
Eldridge Reeves Fenimore Johnson (1899-1986) was a pioneer in the development of underwater photography and was also an explorer, yachtsman and researcher. His interests in underwater photography developed during World War II when he enlisted in Naval Research and worked with underwater demolition and photography. He created his own company, Fenjohn Underwater Equipment Company and patented equipment inventions. The E.R. Fenimore Johnson photographs, 1929-1970, is a rich collection of...
Dates:
1929 - 1970
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