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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



LARGE FREE STANDING CASES FOR MAMMALS AND MAMMAL GROUPS 



With the exception of type NN, the large cases for mammals 

 are each designed to contain a certain definite group, as the moose 

 group or the puma group, mounted to show the natural surround- 

 ings and habits of the animals. Type NN cases are here included 

 because their museum function connects them more closely with 

 the large mammal cases, but structurally they belong with the 

 type N cases to which they conform in general design and with which 

 they form a continuous series running around three sides of the 

 Hall of Zoology. The ventilating dust-filter device is used on all 

 cases of this group of types. 



Type U 



Type NN. The two cases of type NN were designed for the 

 display of large mammals and groups of the smaller mammals in 

 the collection of New York fauna. In design they are very closely 

 related to type N cases, differing from the latter only in width. 

 The exhibition space is 16 feet long by 6 feet wide by 6 feet 6 inches 

 high and is raised i foot 6 inches from the floor level on a recessed 

 base. 



