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Carl Ethan Akeley

"I have not appreciated the absolute necessity of carrying on the African Hall, if it is ever to be done, as I do now after this painful revelation. The old conditions, the story of which we want to tell, are now gone, and in another decade the men who knew them will all be gone." (1926, during his last trip to Africa)





Full mount African Lions by Carl Akeley. This shows the level of detail in the manakins and also the posed sculptures used for reference. The models were made of clay at the time, unlike the methods used today. This would make a fantastic framed print.

African trip, a picture of a charging Rhino. Given the lack of quality camera lenses when this picture was taken, it was a brave man to get that close. This animal would have been close, very close!

North American Beavers by Carl Akeley.

African Zebra at the New York Natural History Museum

African trip with Male Lion loacted on the backseat. Circa 1913

African trip with Male Lion loacted on bonnet and various other species on the car. Circa 1913

African Gorillas in The New York Natural History Museum by Akelely. Circa 1927

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums. Colour picture from the diorama above

African Cheetas in The New York Natural History Museum by Akelely. Circa 1927

African White Rhino in The New York Natural History Museum by Akelely. Circa 1927

African Zebras within the "African Hall" at The Natural History Museum in New York.

North American Sandhill Cranes by Carl Akeley.

Commerative Medal of Carl Akeley.

Commerative Medal of Carl Akeley, created for PT Barnum dated 1886.

African trip, where Akeley nearly lost his life. The New York Natural History Museum

African trip, where Akeley nearly lost his life. The New York Natural History Museum

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African Nandi Spearman Trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

Hanging Leopard with the description of how it met its end.

Somali tent boy 1905.

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago. Gorilla hands and feet.

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago. Black Rhino

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago. Hippos

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago. Nandi Spearmen with dead Lions

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African trips 1905-09 to gather specimens for both The Chicago and The New York Natural History Museums

African Elephants at the New York Natural History Museum

African Elephant Shot by Theodore Roosevelt 1910.

African Natives skining African plains game, Springbok and Zebra are noted. Circa 1913

Interesting article published by "The Times" recounting an expidition by a Victorian Taxidermist C.E.Akerley, 1905

Hanging Leopard with the description above of how it met its end.

African trip with a freshly collected Mountain Gorilla.

African trip with perhaps one of the earliest images of Mountain Gorillas.

Descritpiton of the above capture for secientific study, taken from Akeley's book hunting for Gorillas in Africa.

Field notes and map of African trip dated 1921. It is interesting to notes that not until 1853 did western eyes see a Mountain Gorilla. It is understood that Akeley was the first man to capture moving images of these Apes. Akeley lost his life on a similar trip to the Congo in 1926.

African Elephant being prepared in the field.

African Elephant being prepared for The Natural History Museum in New York, 1914.

African Elephant Hall, The Natural History Museum in New York.

Snowgeese by Carl Akeley.

Ring Necked Pheasants by Carl Akeley.

African Black Rhino shot ,circa 1913

African 1929 the tomb of Carl Akerley. Mikeno. Mrs Akerley is standing on the left with guide Mguru, who had helped Akerley on previous expiditions in Africa.

FREDERICK COURTNEY SELOUS (1851-1917

F.C.Selous, perhaps the real Indianna Jones

F.C.Selous, memorial at Natural History Museum

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