Photograph
Passenger Pigeon Chick on Box

Profile view of a young passenger pigeon, on a cardboard box. This species of pigeon is now extinct. One of a group of pigeons that lived in captivity in the aviary of Professor C.O. Whitman, professor of Zoology at the University of Chicago. |
Image ID: | 53453 |
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Creation Date: | 1896 |
Creator Name: | Hubbard, J. G. |
City: | Chicago |
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State: | Illinois |
Collection Name: | Passenger pigeon specimen photographs, 1896 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 2807 |
Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
Note on back of 6.5 x 9 inch duplicate duplicate reads, "from Frank M. Chapman". He was Curator of Ornithology at the American Museum of Natural History, New York from 1908. Note on back of 5 x 4 inch duplicate reads, "Passenger Pigeon from Aviary of Dr. Whitman. Photo by J.G. Hubbard". |
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