Smithsonian Explorers, The Megatherium Club

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Author: Unknown
Subject: Kennicott, Robert; Stimpson, William 1832-1872; Ulke, Henry; Bryant, Henry; Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.); Megatherium Club

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: Original located in small print file, have copy negative and black and white print in RU95, Box 14, Folder 39
Summary: Many scientists lived in the Smithsonian Institution Building in its early years. These four young naturalists lived in the building and often collected for the Smithsonian while on exploring expeditions in the mid-nineteenth century. Clockwise from upper left: Robert Kennicott, Henry Ulke, Henry Bryant and William Stimpson. They dubbed themselves the "Megatherium Club" after an extinct giant sloth that had been recently uncovered.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27-C, Folder: Kennicott
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

c. 1862-63

Physical description: Color: Sepia; Size: 2w x 3h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Card photograph

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Collectors and collecting; Expeditions; Explorers; Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Clubs; Scientists; Societies