Detail View: Image Archives: Johnson County, Iowa Diorama

File Name: 
STA6_Passenger Pigeon.jpg
catalog number: 
STA6
collection: 
Dioramas and Exhibits
title: 
Johnson County, Iowa Diorama
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
Photographer
creator: 
Charles Waldo Love
creator type: 
Background artist
creator: 
Robert J. Niedrach
creator type: 
Foreground artist
creator: 
Blanche Mills
creator type: 
Foreground artist
creator: 
John A. Murphy, Jr.
creator type: 
Foreground artist
creator: 
Alfred M. Bailey
creator type: 
Preparator
description: 
Diorama depicts now extinct passenger pigeons in summer near the Iowa River in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. The mounts are made from split skins purchased by then director Alfred M. Bailey on a trip to St. Louis, Missouri in 1917. Bailey created the mounts in 1924
date: 
3/5/2010
date type: 
Date of Photograph
date: 
1882
date type: 
Date of collection
date: 
1947
date type: 
Date of Installation
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
6.73MB
source: 
Born Digital
rights: 
Use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science