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National Anthropological Archives
Robert W. Kelley photograph of Adolph H. Schultz examining Gargantua, 1949
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.86-36
- Creators:
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Kelley, Robert W.
- Dates:
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1949
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Printsilver gelatin
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Image of Schultz doing cranial measurements of Gargantua at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Schultz signed the negative (in the emulsion).
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Robert W. Kelley was a photographer for Life magazine from 1947 to 1966. When the circus gorilla Gargantua died, its body was shipped to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for examination and autopsy by physical anthropologist Adolph Schultz.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Henry B. Collins.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 86-36, Photograph of Adolph H. Schultz examining Gargantua, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Correspondence and writings by Schultz can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4821 and the papers of Ales Hrdlicka, Muazaffer Suleyman Senyurek, and John Lawrence Angel.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 86-36
Bibliography
Bibliography
Photograph published in "Life and Death of Gargantua the Great," Life 27, no. 23, December 5, 1949, p. 45.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Gargantua (Gorilla) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Physical anthropology | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| anthropometry | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Primatology | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Schultz, Adolph H. (Adolph Hans), 1891- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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