File Name:
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STA6_Passenger Pigeon.jpg
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catalog number:
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STA6
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collection:
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Dioramas and Exhibits
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title:
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Johnson County, Iowa Diorama
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creator:
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Richard M. Wicker
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creator type:
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Photographer
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creator:
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Charles Waldo Love
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creator type:
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Background artist
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creator:
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Robert J. Niedrach
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creator type:
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Foreground artist
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creator:
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Blanche Mills
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creator type:
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Foreground artist
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creator:
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John A. Murphy, Jr.
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creator type:
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Foreground artist
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creator:
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Alfred M. Bailey
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creator type:
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Preparator
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description:
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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
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date:
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3/5/2010
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date type:
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Date of Photograph
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date:
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1882
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date type:
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Date of collection
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date:
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1947
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date type:
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Date of Installation
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location:
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USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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modified:
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no
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format:
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image/jpg
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file size:
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6.73MB
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source:
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Born Digital
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rights:
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Use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science
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