Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia, 1940

Related Titles

Contained In: William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940

Series: SIA RU007293

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Mann, William M., 1886-1960
Mann, Lucile Quarry, 1897-1986

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1940

Notes

The black and white photographs were taken by the Manns on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia in 1940, while collecting animals for the National Zoo. Subject matter includes: the expedition's progression over land and waterways in a variety of vessels; portraits of participants and native people; Ralph Norris (animal keeper) with a pygmy hippo; tribal dances; Monrovia waterfront; care and housing of collected animals; Episcopal Mission at Bromley; and people at work at the plantation. Images are in a variety of sizes; some include captions.

Subjects

Black-and-white photographs , Field notes , Liberia , Monrovia , National Zoological Park (U.S.) , Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia (1940) , Wild animal collecting , Zoology , Zoos

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.145676