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This postcard is number three in a series. Description is given on reverse: “An interesting group viewing Mombassa from the ship’s rail. Reading from left to right we have Messrs. Roosevelt, Selous, Mearns, and Kermit Roosevelt. Mr. Selous is the most famous living American hunter; Mr. Mearns represents the Smithsonian Institute and has charge of all the taxidermy work of the expedition.”
1909
Kermit Roosevelt updates the Fergusons on his activities at school and the Roosevelt family. He jokes about Martha Ferguson catching skunks and feels he may qualify as a second-assistant skunk catcher. Roosevelt recently visited Edmund Heller and Edgar Alexander Mearns at the Smithsonian Institution to watch them work on bird and rodent specimens.
1911-02-11
Photos of Theodore Roosevelt (dressed in safari garb), J. Alden Loring “Naturalist”, Col. E. A. Mearns “U.S.A., retired, Surgeon,” and R. J. Cunninghame “Guide and Manager.” On reverse side is a description of the upcoming Smithsonian African Expedition.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
1909
Theodore Roosevelt, R. J. Cuninghame, and Edgar Alexander Mearns are shown riding on the front of a locomotive. This is one of 16 postcards of the series “Roosevelt in Africa.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1910
Handwritten draft of chapter eight (published as chapter 9) of African Game Trails.
1909
Henry Fairfield Osborn records various species of birds observed, heard, and shot.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1878