Passenger Pigeon Chick on Box | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Passenger Pigeon Chick on Box

Passenger Pigeon Chick on Box | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
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.
DESCRIPTION
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.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:53453
Creation Date: 1896
Creator Name:Hubbard, J. G.
City:Chicago
County:
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
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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".
SUBJECTS
Birds
Wildlife conservation
Research

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