American Museum of Natural History

From the archives: botanical illustrations with colors noted, for use in the Ostrich and warthog diorama in the Akeley Hall of African Mammals. (1938)

View more images from the archives here. 

  Pink moccasin flower (Cypripedium acaule) from Ramsey, New Jersey (June 1917)

Today's lovely look into the archives comes from the Museum's lantern slide collection. 

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It's Tuesday's peek into the archives!

A botanical sketch used in creating the Grant caribou diorama in the Hall of North American Mammals, which first opened in 1942. 

Pictured: Buck brush and fire weed

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